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Leviticus 21:1-3 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | The LORD spoke to Moses, |Tell the priests, Aaron's sons: None of you should become unclean by touching one of your relatives who has died. | And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, | The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die, | |
| 2 | However, you are allowed to become unclean when one of your nearest relatives dies. These relatives include your mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, | except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, | except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother, | |
| 3 | and especially an unmarried virgin sister who is still close to you. | or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean). | or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean. | |
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