Leviticus 21:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens.

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.

Numbers 19:14

This is the law of a man that dieth in a tent: All that go into his tent and all the vessels that are there shall be unclean seven days.

Leviticus 21:11

Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead: neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks. I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:4

And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:1

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is to you.

Hosea 5:1

Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over, and a net spread upon Thabor.

Numbers 19:16

If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 5:2

Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead.

Numbers 6:6

All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead.

Numbers 19:11

He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days: