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except for his close relative who is near to him[a]—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, and his virgin sister who is near to him,[b] who has no husband—he may defile himself for her.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:2 tn Heb “except for his flesh, the one near to him.”
  2. Leviticus 21:3 tn Cf. v. 2a.

except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(A) his son or daughter, his brother, or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.(B)

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But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

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