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Leviticus 21:11
Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,
Leviticus 21:11 · Geneva Bible
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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 Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you, am holy.
9 If a Priestes daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.
10 Also ye hie Priest among his brethren, (vpon whose head the anointing oyle was powred, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments) shall not vncouer his head, nor rent his clothes,
11 Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,
12 Neither shall he goe out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crowne of the anoynting oyle of his God is vpon him: I am the Lord.
13 Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:
14 But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife:
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