Leviticus 21:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² but for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

American Standard Version (1901)

² except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Common English Bible

² except for your closest relatives: for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother;

Catholic Public Domain Version

² except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:

Leviticus 21:2 Cross References

Leviticus 18:6

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:11

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

Leviticus 21:3

and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, which hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, which have no hope.