Leviticus 21:2 - Easy To Read Version

² But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, {then he can touch the dead body}. The priest can make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother or

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² but for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

American Standard Version (1901)

² except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Common English Bible

² except for your closest relatives: for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother;

Catholic Public Domain Version

² except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:

Leviticus 21:2 Tagairtí Cros

Leviticus 18:6

“You must never have sexual relations with [312] your close relatives! I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

He must not make himself unclean [378] {by touching a dead body}. He must not go near a dead body, even if it is his own father or mother.

Leviticus 21:3

his unmarried [372] sister. (This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her {if she dies}.)

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those people who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—people who have no hope.