2except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,


In Context

1 The Lord said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,

2 except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,

3 or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband-for her he may make himself unclean.

4 He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.

Leviticus 21:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2But for his kin, that is near unto him, [that is,] for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:2But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:2except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:2except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2except for his relation who is near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.