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And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
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Leviticus 21:1
And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,
Leviticus 22:4
Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;
Matthew 8:21
But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father.
Luke 9:59
And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So that we henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.