◄ Leviticus 21:2 ►
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Good News Translation
unless it is his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

New Revised Standard Version
except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother;

Contemporary English Version
except your mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

New American Bible
except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother

Douay-Rheims Bible
But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:

Leviticus 18:6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
1The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say for them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens. 2But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also:3And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband.…
Cross References
Leviticus 21:3
And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband.

Leviticus 21:11
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.

Leviticus 21:1
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