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Leviticus 21:11
He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
Leviticus 21:11 · World English 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.
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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In context
8 Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
9 “‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.
10 “‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.
11 He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
12 He shall not go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the LORD.
13 “‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
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