Leviticus 21:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord gave Moses these instructions for Aaron's sons, the priests: Touching a dead body will make you unclean. So don't go near a dead relative,

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

Touching a dead body will make a person unclean. So a priest must not go near a dead body, unless it is one of his parents or children, or his brother or unmarried sister.

Numbers 19:14

If someone dies in a tent while you are there, you will be unclean for seven days. And anyone who later enters the tent will also be unclean.

Leviticus 21:11

Don't make yourself unclean by going near a dead body, not even that of your own father or mother.

Malachi 2:4

I am telling you this, so I can continue to keep my agreement with your ancestor Levi.

Malachi 2:1

I, the Lord All-Powerful, have something else to say to you priests.

Hosea 5:1

Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.

Numbers 19:16

If you touch the body of someone who died or was killed, or if you touch a human bone or a grave, you will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 5:2

to say to the people of Israel, “Put out of the camp everyone who has leprosy or a bodily discharge or who has touched a dead body. Now that I live among my people, their camp must be kept clean.”

Numbers 6:6

During the time that you are a Nazirite, you must never go close to a dead body,

Numbers 19:11

If you touch a dead body, you will be unclean for seven days.