Leviticus 21:11-13
International Standard Version
11 He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased[a] is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself. 12 He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God’s consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the Lord.
13 “Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin.[b]
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- Leviticus 21:11 The Heb. lacks the deceased
- Leviticus 21:13 Lit. a wife in her virginity
Leviticus 21:11-13
New International Version
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) 12 nor leave the sanctuary(D) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil(E) of his God. I am the Lord.
13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(F)
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