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Leviticus 21:11
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
Leviticus 21:11 · Bible in Basic English
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Leviticus 21:11 in other translations
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
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In context
8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
9 And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
10 And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.
11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
12 He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
14 A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
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