Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

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His father

Leviticus 21:1
The Lord said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,
Numbers 6:7
He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, because the hair consecrated to his God is on his head.
Numbers 19:14
“This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
Deuteronomy 33:9
He said about his father and mother,
“I do not regard them.”
He disregarded his brothers
and didn’t acknowledge his sons,
for they kept Your word
and maintained Your covenant.
Matthew 8:21
“Lord,” another of His disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”
Matthew 12:46
He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him.
Luke 9:59
Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
2 Corinthians 5:16
From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way.

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Leviticus 8:12
He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed and consecrated him.

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