Leviticus 21:11

“Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Leviticus 21:11

Neither shall he goe in to any dead body, nor defile himselfe for his father, or for his mother:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself {even} for his father or his mother;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- American Standard Version (1901)

He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
- Basic English Bible

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
- Darby Bible

Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
- Douay-Rheims Bible

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- English Revised Version

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Leviticus 21:11

Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 21:11


21:11 Go in - Into the chamber or house where they lie. This and divers other rites here prescribed were from hence translated by the Heathens into their use, whose priests were put under the same obligations.


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