Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

General references

Leviticus 21:1
And Yahweh said unto Moses, Say unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, - yea thou shalt say unto them, For a dead person, shall no one make himself unclean among his people:
Leviticus 22:4
No man soever of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or hath a flux, shall eat of the holy things, until he be clean, - And as for him who toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Matthew 8:21
And, another of the disciples, saith unto him, - Lord! suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father.
Luke 9:59
And he said unto another - Be following me! But, he, said - Suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep, - lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without hope;