Leviticus 21:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 44:25 : 25 And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
  • Lev 10:6-7 : 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
  • Lev 21:11 : 11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
  • Num 19:14 : 14 This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
  • Lev 19:28 : 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Mal 2:1 : 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
  • Mal 2:4 : 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:11
    83%

    11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Lev 21:2
    81%

    2except 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,

  • Lev 22:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

    3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.

    4What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

  • Lev 21:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

  • Num 19:11
    79%

    11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:

  • Ezek 44:25
    78%

    25And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Num 19:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

    14This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 15:31
    77%

    31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them.

  • Lev 16:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;

    2and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.

  • Num 3:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

    11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 4:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

    20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

    21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 6:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.

    7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.

  • Num 3:5
    76%

    5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 5:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:

  • Lev 15:1
    76%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Num 18:1
    75%

    1And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

  • Lev 21:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

    24So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

  • Num 9:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

    7and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

  • Lev 13:1
    75%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Num 19:1
    74%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Num 4:1
    74%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Num 4:17
    74%

    17And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 30:20
    74%

    20when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

  • Lev 21:4
    74%

    4He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

  • Num 19:16
    74%

    16And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 7:22
    74%

    22And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 22:17
    74%

    17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 17:2
    74%

    2Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them: This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying,

  • Num 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

  • Lev 21:21
    74%

    21no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

  • Exod 28:35
    73%

    35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

  • Lev 10:8
    73%

    8And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 30:11
    73%

    11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:22
    73%

    22And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.

  • Num 18:7
    73%

    7And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.