Leviticus 21:11

God's Word

He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:28

Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the Lord.

Numbers 19:11

“Whoever touches the dead body of any human being will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:14

“These are your instructions for when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who goes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 6:7

Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean  by going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair.

Luke 14:26

“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we don’t think of anyone from a human point of view. If we did think of Christ from a human point of view, we don’t anymore.

Deuteronomy 33:9

They said that they didn’t know their father and mother. They didn’t recognize their own brothers. They didn’t acknowledge their own children. But they obeyed your word and were faithful to the terms of your promise.