Leviticus 21:11
nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mother;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:28And you do not put a cutting for the soul in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, you do not put on yourself; I [am] YHWH.
Numbers 6:7for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister—he does not become unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God [is] on his head;
Deuteronomy 33:9Who is saying of his father and his mother, || I have not seen him; And he has not discerned his brothers, || And he has not known his sons; For they have observed Your saying, || And they keep Your covenant.
Matthew 12:46And while He was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to Him,
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me, and does 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;
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:11-16
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend 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 the Lord . 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a… Read the whole commentary →