Leviticus 21:1

New English Translation

The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron – say to them, ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

“‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

Leviticus 19:28

You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

Malachi 2:1

“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

Malachi 2:4

Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Numbers 19:11

“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:14

“‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:16

And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.

Numbers 5:2

“Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

Numbers 6:6

“‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.