11He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,


In Context

8 Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy-I who make you holy.

9 " 'If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

10 " 'The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.

11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

12 nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord .

13 " 'The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:11Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;