Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother, New Living Translation The only exceptions are his closest relatives—his mother or father, son or daughter, brother, English Standard Version except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, Berean Standard Bible except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, King James Bible 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, New King James Version except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother; New American Standard Bible except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, NASB 1995 except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, NASB 1977 except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, Legacy Standard Bible except for his blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, Amplified Bible except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, Christian Standard Bible except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother. Holman Christian Standard Bible except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother. American Standard Version except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Except with his near relative that is close to him: for his father or for his mother or for his son or for his daughter or for his brother, Brenton Septuagint Translation but they may mourn for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother, Contemporary English Version except your mother, father, son, daughter, 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, English Revised Version except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; GOD'S WORD® Translation However, you are allowed to become unclean when one of your nearest relatives dies. These relatives include your mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, Good News Translation unless it is his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, International Standard Version except his close relatives—his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or JPS Tanakh 1917 except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; Literal Standard Version except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, Majority Standard Bible except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, New American Bible except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother NET Bible except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, New Revised Standard Version except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother; New Heart English Bible except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother, Webster's Bible Translation But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, World English Bible except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother, Young's Literal Translation except for his relation who is near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Holiness Required of Priests1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2except for his immediate family— his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, 3or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.… Cross References Leviticus 21:3 or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband. Leviticus 21:11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother. Treasury of Scripture But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. Leviticus 18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. Jump to Previous Close Daughter Except Immediate Kin Mother Nearest Relation Relations Relative RelativesJump to Next Close Daughter Except Immediate Kin Mother Nearest Relation Relations Relative RelativesLeviticus 21 1. Of the priests' mourning6. Of their holiness 7. Of their marriages 8. Of their estimation 9. Of the high priest's holiness 10. Of his marriage 13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary (2) But for his kin, that is near unto him.--There are, however, seven exceptions to the general rule. According to the administrators of the Law during the second Temple, the phrase, "his kin that is near unto him," or rather, "his flesh that is near unto him" (comp. Leviticus 18:6 with Genesis 2:24), denotes "wife." Hence the Chaldee version of Jonathan renders it, "but for a wife who is of kin to his flesh." For his mother, and for his father.--This is the second of the three instances in the Bible where the mother is mentioned before the father (see Leviticus 19:3). The Jewish canonists, who call attention to this unusual phrase, account for it by saying that she is placed first because the son's qualifications for the priesthood depend more upon his having a good mother (see Leviticus 21:7). This will be readily understood when it is borne in mind that the regulations about the woman whom a priest was allowed to marry during the second Temple were of the most stringent nature, and that the slightest infringement of them disqualified the son for performing sacerdotal functions. Thus the daughter of a foreigner or of a released captive was forbidden to the priest, and when a city was besieged and taken by the enemy all the wives of the priests had to be divorced for fear lest they had suffered violence. Hebrew exceptכִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction for his immediate הַקָּרֹ֖ב (haq·qā·rōḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7138: Near family— לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ (liš·’ê·rōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7607: Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood his mother, לְאִמּ֣וֹ (lə·’im·mōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) father, וּלְאָבִ֔יו (ū·lə·’ā·ḇîw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father son, וְלִבְנ֥וֹ (wə·liḇ·nōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son daughter, וּלְבִתּ֖וֹ (ū·lə·ḇit·tōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1323: A daughter brother, וּלְאָחִֽיו׃ (ū·lə·’ā·ḥîw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) Links Leviticus 21:2 NIVLeviticus 21:2 NLT Leviticus 21:2 ESV Leviticus 21:2 NASB Leviticus 21:2 KJV Leviticus 21:2 BibleApps.com Leviticus 21:2 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 21:2 Chinese Bible Leviticus 21:2 French Bible Leviticus 21:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 21:2 Except for his relatives that are near (Le Lv Lev.) |