Leviticus 21:11
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New International Version (©1984)
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.

King James Bible
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

American King James Version
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

American Standard Version
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Bible in Basic English
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:

Darby Bible Translation
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

English Revised Version
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Webster's Bible Translation
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

World English Bible
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Young's Literal Translation
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

Geneva Study Bible

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Wesley's Notes

21:11 Go in - Into the chamber or house where they lie. This and divers other rites here prescribed were from hence translated by the Heathens into their use, whose priests were put under the same obligations.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:1-24 Laws concerning the priests. - As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without blemish, and separate from sinners, He executed his priestly office on earth. What manner of persons then should his ministers be! But all are, if Christians, spiritual priests; the minister especially is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shut us out from his service, from these privileges, or from his heavenly glory. Many a healthful, beautiful soul is lodged in a feeble, deformed body. And those who may not be suited for the work of the ministry, may serve God with comfort in other duties in his church.


Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.
Numbers 19:14 'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. (NASB ©1995)

Approach Body Dead Defile Enter Mother Unclean


Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

his father Le 21:1,2 Nu 6:7 19:14 De 33:9 Mt 8:21,22 12:46-50 Lu 9:59,60 Lu 14:26 2Co 5:16

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