Numbers 6:7

Easy To Read Version

Even if his own father or mother or brother or sister dies, he must not touch them. This would make him unclean. He must show that he is separated and has given himself fully to God.

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

They won’t go near a dead person to make themselves unclean. But they may make themselves unclean if the dead person is their father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or a sister that is not married.

Numbers 6:8

During the whole time of his separation, he is giving himself fully to the Lord.

Numbers 9:6

But some of the people could not celebrate Passover [139] that day. They were unclean [140] because they had touched a dead body. So they went to Moses and Aaron that day.