Leviticus 21:1

English Standard Version 2016

And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.

Numbers 19:14

“This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.

Leviticus 21:11

He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:4

So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:1

“And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

Numbers 19:16

Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 5:2

“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.

Numbers 6:6

“All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

Numbers 19:11

“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.