except for his relatives that are nearest to him—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
“None of you is to come near anyone who is his close relatives to uncover their nakedness. I am Adonai.
or his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband. For her he may allow himself to become unclean.
nor shall he go near any dead person, defiling himself, even for his father or his mother.