Leviticus 21:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only one of his slaves. [373]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He shall not even defile himself, being a [bereaved] husband [his wife not being his blood kin] or being a chief man among his people, and so profane himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Common English Bible

⁴ You must not make yourself unclean for in-laws, defiling yourself by doing so.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But not even by the leader of his people shall he be contaminated.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.

Leviticus 21:4 Tagairtí Cros

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}.)

Leviticus 21:5

“Priests must not shave their heads bald. Priests must not shave off the edges of their beards. Priests must not make any cuts in their bodies.