Leviticus 21:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Numbers 19:11

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

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.

Numbers 6:7

not even that of your father, mother, brother, or sister. That would make you unclean. Your hair is the sign that you are dedicated to me, so remain holy.

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

2 Corinthians 5:16

We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in that way.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Protecting Israel's agreement with the LORD was more important to you than the life of your father or mother, or brothers or sisters, or your own children.