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Leviticus 21:1-2
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Leviticus 21:1-2
The Voice
21 The Eternal One addressed Moses.
While it is not a sin to handle a corpse, it makes the person ritually impure.
Eternal One: Go, talk to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them that I don’t want any priest to make himself ritually impure by having contact with a dead person in Israel. 2 There is an exception: a priest is allowed to touch the dead body of his closest family members—his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,
Leviticus 21:1-2
New International Version
Leviticus 21:1-2
New International Version
Rules for Priests
21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean(B) for any of his people who die,(C) 2 except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(D) his son or daughter, his brother,
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