Leviticus 21
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Leviticus 21:1-4

1Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “SpeakH559 to the priestsH3548, the sonsH1121 of AaronH175, and sayH559 to them:

‘1NoH3808 one shall defileH2930 himself for a dead personH5315 among his peopleH5971, 22exceptH3588H518 for his relativesH7607 who are nearestH7138 to him, his motherH517 and his fatherH1 and his sonH1121 and his daughterH1323 and his brotherH251, 3also for his virginH1330 sisterH269, who is nearH7138 to him 3becauseH834 she hasH1961 hadH1961 noH3808 husbandH376; for her he may defileH2930 himself. 4He shall not defileH2930 himself as a 4relativeH1167 by marriageH1167 among his peopleH5971, and so profaneH2490 himself.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 21:1 Lev 19:28; Ezek 44:25 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 21:2 Lev 21:11 ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 21:3 Or whom no man has had ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 21:4 Lit husband among ↩

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