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Leviticus 21:11
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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Hebrew Names Version
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;
King James Version
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;
Lexham English Bible
And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.
And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.
New Century Version
He must not go into a house where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even if it is for his own father or mother.
He must not go into a house where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even if it is for his own father or mother.
New English Translation
He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and 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;
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
New American Standard Bible
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,
Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,
Legacy Standard Bible
nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even 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.
Don't make yourself unclean by going near a dead body, not even that of your own father or mother.
Complete Jewish Bible
go in to where any dead body is or make himself unclean, even when his father or mother dies.
go in to where any dead body is or make himself unclean, even when his father or mother dies.
Darby Translation
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
Easy-to-Read Version
He must not make himself unclean by touching a dead body. He must not go near a dead body, even if it is his own father or mother.
He must not make himself unclean by touching a dead body. He must not go near a dead body, even if it is his own 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.
He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.
George Lamsa Translation
Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself by mourning for his father or for his mother;
Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself by mourning for his father or for his mother;
Good News Translation
He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.
He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.
Christian Standard Bible®
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
Literal Translation
nor shall he come near any dead person; he shall not defile himself for his father or for his mother;
nor shall he come near any dead person; he shall not defile himself for his father or for his mother;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& shal come at no deed, & shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother.
& shal come at no deed, & shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother.
American Standard Version
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;
Bible in Basic English
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neither go to any dead body, nor make hymselfe vncleane by his father or his mother.
Neither go to any dead body, nor make hymselfe vncleane by his father or his mother.
King James Version (1611)
Neither shall he goe in to any dead body, nor defile himselfe for his father, or for his mother:
Neither shall he goe in to any dead body, nor defile himselfe for his father, or for his mother:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.
neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.
English Revised Version
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;
Berean Standard Bible
He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or mother.
He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or mother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and outirli he schal not entre to ony deed man; and he schal not be defoulid on his fadir and modir,
and outirli he schal not entre to ony deed man; and he schal not be defoulid on his fadir and modir,
Young's Literal Translation
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
Update Bible Version
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;
Webster's Bible Translation
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;
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;
New King James Version
nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his 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.
He must not defile himself by going near a dead body. He may not make himself ceremonially unclean even for his father or mother.
New Life Bible
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
New Revised Standard
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, unto no persons b of the dead, shall he go in, - For his father or for his mother, shall he not make himself unclean;
And, unto no persons b of the dead, shall he go in, - For his father or for his mother, shall he not make himself unclean;
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.
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.
Revised Standard Version
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Contextual Overview
10 And the priest that is highest among his brethren, 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 go loose, nor rend his clothes; 11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. 15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
his father: Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:2, Numbers 6:7, Numbers 19:14, Deuteronomy 33:9, Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Matthew 12:46-50, Luke 9:59, Luke 9:60, Luke 14:26, 2 Corinthians 5:16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:12 - General Numbers 9:6 - defiled Numbers 19:11 - toucheth the dead Deuteronomy 26:14 - eaten
Cross-References
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!'
And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!'
Genesis 21:1
And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken.
And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken.
Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
2 Samuel 18:33
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="2sa.18.1" class="versetxt"> And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people: 'I will surely go forth with you myself also.' But the people said: 'Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; but thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of the city.' And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying: 'Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.' And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on. And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.' And Joab said unto the man that told him: 'And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have had to give thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.' And the man said unto Joab: 'Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying: Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against mine own life--and there is no matter hid from the king--then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.' Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth. And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people. And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one to his tent.-- Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said: 'I have no son to keep my name in remembrance'; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok: 'Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.' And Joab said unto him: 'Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, forasmuch as the king's son is dead.' Then said Joab to the Cushite: 'Go tell the king what thou hast seen.' And the Cushite bowed down unto Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab: 'But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite.' And Joab said: 'Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?' 'But come what may, [said he,] I will run.' And he said unto him: 'Run.' Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite. Now David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said: 'If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.' And he came apace, and drew near. And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called unto the porter, and said: 'Behold another man running alone.' And the king said: 'He also bringeth tidings.' And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.' And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.' And the king said: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And Ahimaaz answered: 'When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.' And the king said: 'Turn aside, and stand here.' And he turned aside, and stood still. And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said: 'Tidings for my lord the king; for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.' And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="2sa.18.1" class="versetxt"> And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people: 'I will surely go forth with you myself also.' But the people said: 'Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; but thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of the city.' And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying: 'Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.' And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on. And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.' And Joab said unto the man that told him: 'And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have had to give thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.' And the man said unto Joab: 'Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying: Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against mine own life--and there is no matter hid from the king--then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.' Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth. And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people. And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one to his tent.-- Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said: 'I have no son to keep my name in remembrance'; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok: 'Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.' And Joab said unto him: 'Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, forasmuch as the king's son is dead.' Then said Joab to the Cushite: 'Go tell the king what thou hast seen.' And the Cushite bowed down unto Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab: 'But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite.' And Joab said: 'Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?' 'But come what may, [said he,] I will run.' And he said unto him: 'Run.' Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite. Now David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said: 'If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.' And he came apace, and drew near. And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called unto the porter, and said: 'Behold another man running alone.' And the king said: 'He also bringeth tidings.' And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.' And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.' And the king said: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And Ahimaaz answered: 'When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.' And the king said: 'Turn aside, and stand here.' And he turned aside, and stood still. And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said: 'Tidings for my lord the king; for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.' And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Neither shall he go in to any dead body,.... That is, into a tent or house where any dead body lies, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, for whoever went into such a place was unclean seven days; and so long therefore an high priest, should he enter there, would be prevented doing the duty of his office, see Numbers 19:14; this was aped and followed by the Heathens in later times; so among the Romans, the "Flamen Dialis", or high priest of Jupiter, might not go into a place where a dead body was burnt or buried, nor touch any h; and it was a custom with them, as Servius i tells us, to put a branch of cypress at the door of a house where a dead body was, that an high priest might not enter through ignorance, and be defiled:
nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; by entering into the tent or house where they lay dead, or by touching them, or attending the funeral of them, or by concerning himself about it; and there was no need to mention his son or his daughter, his brother or his sister; for if he was not to defile himself for any of his parents, much less for any of those which are excepted in the case of a common priest, Leviticus 21:2; the Jews do indeed make one exception in the case of an high priest, and that is, that if he meets with a dead body in the way, he was obliged to defile himself for it and bury it k; and so among the Romans, though it was a crime for an high priest to look upon a dead body, yet it was reckoned a greater, if, when he saw it, he left it unburied l.
h Massurius Sabinus, apud A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 10. c. 15. i In Virgil. Aeneid. l. 3. ver. 64. "atraque cupresso". k Maimon. Hilchot Ebel, c. 3. sect. 8. l Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. l. 6. ad ver. "praecipue pius Aeneas", &c.
