Leviticus 21:1

The English Standar Version

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.

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.

Leviticus 19:28

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

Leviticus 21:11

He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, 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 stand, says the LORD of hosts.

Numbers 19:11

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

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.

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[1] 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.