Bible verse
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
Leviticus 21:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 21.
7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
KJV
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
ASV
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
ERV
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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