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


In Context

8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

9 |'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

10 |'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;

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

12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.

13 |'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:11He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or 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 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;