Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

New American Standard Bible

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

International Standard Version

He is not to come near any dead body whether the deceased is his father or his mother so as not to defile himself.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;

Darby Translation

Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

Julia Smith Translation

And to an dead soul he shall not come, for his father, and for his mother, he shall not be defiled.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.

Modern King James verseion

Neither shall he come near to any dead person, nor defile himself for his father nor for his mother.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

neither shall go to any dead body nor make himself unclean: no not on his father or mother,

NET Bible

He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

New Heart English Bible

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

The 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;

Webster

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;

Youngs Literal Translation

nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Neither shall he go in

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

to any dead
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

References

Context Readings

Regulations Concerning Priests

10 And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow. 11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother; 12 He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.

Cross References

Numbers 19:14

This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.

Leviticus 19:28

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:1-2

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

Numbers 6:7

He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.

Matthew 8:21-22

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

Matthew 12:46-50

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

Luke 9:59-60

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

Luke 14:26

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16

For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

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