Leviticus 21:11 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹¹ he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Neither shall he go in where any dead body lies nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Common English Bible

¹¹ He must not go near any dead bodies and cannot make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And he shall not enter to any dead body whatsoever; likewise, not even by his father or mother shall he be contaminated.

Leviticus 21:11 Cross References

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Numbers 19:11

“He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days;

Numbers 19:14

“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: every one who comes into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 6:7

Neither for his father nor for his mother, nor for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean; because his separation to God is upon his head.

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer.

Deuteronomy 33:9

who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers, and ignored his children. For they observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.