Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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 Living Translation He must not defile himself by going near a dead body. He may not make himself ceremonially unclean even for his father or mother. English Standard Version He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. Berean Standard Bible He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, 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; New King James Version nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother; New American Standard Bible nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; NASB 1995 nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; NASB 1977 nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; Legacy Standard Bible nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; Amplified Bible nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother; Christian Standard Bible He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother. Holman Christian Standard Bible He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother. American Standard Version neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he shall not enter upon any soul of the dead and he shall not be polluted with his father or with his mother; Brenton Septuagint Translation neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother. Contemporary English Version Don't make yourself unclean by going near a dead body, not even that of your own father or 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: English Revised Version neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; GOD'S WORD® Translation He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother. International Standard Version He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself. JPS Tanakh 1917 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; Literal Standard Version nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mother; Majority Standard Bible He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother. New American Bible nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean; NET Bible He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother. New Revised Standard Version He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother. New Heart English Bible 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 He must not go in to any dead body, or 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; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Holiness Required of Priests…10The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments. 11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother. 12He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.… Cross References Leviticus 19:28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. Leviticus 21:2 except for his immediate family--his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, Numbers 19:11 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. Numbers 19:14 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days, Treasury of Scripture Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; his father Leviticus 21:1,2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: … Numbers 6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. Numbers 19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. Jump to Previous Approach Body Dead Defile Enter Mother UncleanJump to Next Approach Body Dead Defile Enter Mother UncleanLeviticus 21 1. Of the priests' mourning6. Of their holiness 7. Of their marriages 8. Of their estimation 9. Of the high priest's holiness 10. Of his marriage 13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary (11) Neither shall he go in to any dead body.--Not only is he to abstain from the manifestation of sorrow for the troubles which befell the community, or those whom he loves, but in the case of death he is not to enter into a tent, house, or place where a human corpse was lying (Numbers 19:14), lest he should contract defilement. According to the administrators of the Law during the second Temple, the expression any dead body extends to any portion of it, so that when the pontiff entered a place where a certain quantity of the blood of the dead body was to be found, he became defiled. Accordingly, "any dead soul," which is literally the meaning of the phrase here translated by "dead body," denotes the blood which constitutes the soul or life. (See Leviticus 17:10-14.) Nor defile himself for his father . . . --Better, not for his father . . . shall he defile himself or, not even for his father, &c. As the rigorous enactment in the preceding clause constitutes already the difference between the high priest and the ordinary priest, this clause simply adduces an instance to illustrate it. Whilst the ordinary priest was not only permitted, but even obliged, to attend the funeral ceremonies of no less than seven of his relations (see Leviticus 21:2-3), the high priest was not even allowed to join in the obsequies of his parents. The only exception made in his case was when he found a human body in an isolated place. Under such circumstances he was not only permitted, but it was a meritorious act on his part, to bury it. (See Leviticus 21:1.) Hebrew He must notלֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no go יָבֹ֑א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go near any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every dead מֵ֖ת (mêṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill body נַפְשֹׁ֥ת (nap̄·šōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion or make himself unclean, יִטַּמָּֽא׃ (yiṭ·ṭam·mā) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean even for his father לְאָבִ֥יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father or mother. וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ (ū·lə·’im·mōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) Links Leviticus 21:11 NIVLeviticus 21:11 NLT Leviticus 21:11 ESV Leviticus 21:11 NASB Leviticus 21:11 KJV Leviticus 21:11 BibleApps.com Leviticus 21:11 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 21:11 Chinese Bible Leviticus 21:11 French Bible Leviticus 21:11 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 21:11 Neither shall he go in to any (Le Lv Lev.) |
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