Leviticus 21:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

Hosea 5:1

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

Leviticus 19:28

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

Malachi 2:1

And now, O you priests, this order is for you.

Malachi 2:4

And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Levi, says the Lord of armies.

Numbers 19:11

Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

Numbers 19:14

This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:16

And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 5:2

Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

Numbers 6:6

All the time he is separate he may not come near any dead body.