Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
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;
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 'And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments, 11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself; 12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Jehovah.
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Cross References
Numbers 19:14
This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that is in the tent, is unclean seven days;
Leviticus 19:28
And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 21:1-2
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For any person a priest is not defiled among his people,
Numbers 6:7
for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister -- he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head;
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.
Matthew 8:21-22
And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'
Matthew 12:46-50
And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,
Luke 9:59-60
And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
Luke 14:26
'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
2 Corinthians 5:16
So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;