Leviticus 21:2-4
Easy-to-Read Version
2 But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, 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 3 his unmarried[a] sister. (This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.) 4 But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only one of his slaves.[b]
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- Leviticus 21:3 unmarried Literally, “virgin,” a girl who was never married and never had sexual relations.
- Leviticus 21:4 Or “A master must not become unclean for his people.”
Leviticus 21:2-4
New International Version
2 except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(A) his son or daughter, his brother, 3 or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.(B) 4 He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage,[a] and so defile himself.
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- Leviticus 21:4 Or unclean as a leader among his people
Leviticus 21:2-4
King James Version
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.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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