World English Bible
"neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;"
— Leviticus 21:11, World English Bible
“Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;”
“neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; ”
“He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.”
“Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.”
“He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;”
“Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;”
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
"'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.
"'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
neither shall he 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 Yahweh.
"'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.