Leviticus 21:11
21:10 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;Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
KJV
He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father, or for his mother.
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
What does Leviticus 21:11 mean?
Leviticus 21:11 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוֹא (bôwʼ), מוּת (mûwth), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh).
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 21:11.
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 10:11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. take: Heb. go in journey
Deuteronomy 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 18:6And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: mortally: Heb. in life
Deuteronomy 19:5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: head: Heb. iron helve: Heb. wood lighteth: Heb. findeth
Deuteronomy 22:21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy 24:7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
Frequently asked questions
What does Leviticus 21:11 say?
Leviticus 21:11 (King James Version) reads: "Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;"
Is Leviticus 21:11 in the Old or New Testament?
Leviticus 21:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.
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