Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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;
Bible in Basic English
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or 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;
Themes
dead Bodies » Jewish laws concerning
Christian ministers » Marriage of
The Dead » High priest in no case to mourn for
Defilement » priests » Specially required to avoid
The high priest » Forbidden to mourn for any
Mourning » Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
Priest » The time of moses » Marriage of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 21:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Concerning Priests
10
The priest who is anointed with oil and wears the chief priest's clothes is chief over his brothers. He must never mourn by leaving his hair uncombed or by tearing his clothes.
11
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Cross References
Numbers 19:14
Here are your instructions for when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who goes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
Leviticus 19:28
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 21:1-2
Jehovah gave Moses these instructions for Aaron's sons, the priests: Touching a dead body will make you unclean. So do not go near a dead relative,
Numbers 6:7
Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean by going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair.
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who said of his father and mother: 'I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.'
Matthew 8:21-22
One of his disciples said: Lord, first allow me to go bury my father.
Matthew 12:46-50
While Jesus was yet speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers stood nearby. They wanted to speak to him.
Luke 9:59-60
He told another: Follow me. But he said: Lord first let me go bury my father.
Luke 14:26
You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.
2 Corinthians 5:16
From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.