21 2 For whom the Priests may lament. 6 How pure the Priests ought to be, both in themselves, and in their family.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the Priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, Let none be [a]defiled by the dead among his people,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:1 By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial.

Rules for Priests

21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean(B) for any of his people who die,(C)

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But by his kinsman that is near unto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his son, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

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except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(A) his son or daughter, his brother,

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11 Neither shall he go to any [a]dead body, nor make himself unclean by his father or by his mother,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:11 Or, to the houses of the dead.

11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.(A) He must not make himself unclean,(B) even for his father or mother,(C)

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