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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;

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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;

21:12 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.

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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Neither
shall
he
go
inבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to
any
deadמוּתmûwth/mooth/H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
body,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
nor
defileטָמֵאṭâmêʼ/taw-may'/H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
himself
for
his
father,אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
or
for
his
mother;אֵםʼêm/ame/H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 21:11.

Deuteronomy 13:6

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 10:11

And 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 10:22

Thy 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 18:6

And 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 19:11

But 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 19:5

As 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 22:21

Then 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 24:7

If 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.

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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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