Leviticus 21:1

Good News Translation

The Lord commanded Moses to tell the Aaronite priests, “No priest is to make himself ritually unclean by taking part in the funeral ceremonies when a relative dies,

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

“A priest is not to become ritually unclean by touching a corpse, unless it is one of his parents, one of his children or a brother or an unmarried sister.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice—so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,

Leviticus 19:28

or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.

Malachi 2:1

The Lord Almighty says to the priests, “This command is for you:

Malachi 2:4

Then you will know that I have given you this command, so that my covenant with the priests, the descendants of Levi, will not be broken.

Numbers 19:11

Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:14

In the case of a person who dies in a tent, anyone who is in the tent at the time of death or who enters it becomes ritually unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:16

If any touch a person who has been killed or has died a natural death outdoors or if any touch a human bone or a grave, they become unclean for seven days.

Numbers 5:2

“Command the people of Israel to expel from the camp everyone with a dreaded skin disease or a bodily discharge and everyone who is unclean by contact with a corpse.

Numbers 6:6

Your hair is the sign of your dedication to God, and so you must not defile yourself by going near a corpse, not even that of your father, mother, brother, or sister.