Leviticus 21:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself 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.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;

Malachi 2:1

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

Malachi 2:4

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

Numbers 19:11

“He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days;

Numbers 19:14

“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: every one who comes into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:16

Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 5:2

“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one having a discharge, and every one that 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.