Leviticus 21:11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Updated King James Version
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:28All of you shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Numbers 6:7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
Matthew 12:46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Luke 14:26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot 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 →