1Yahweh said to Moses, |Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;


In Context

1 Yahweh said to Moses, |Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;

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

3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

Leviticus 21:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The 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,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: