Leviticus 21:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 44:25 : 25 And they shall come at 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, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD [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: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, 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] the LORD.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 ¶ Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on 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 might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

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  • Lev 21:11
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    11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Lev 21:2
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    2But 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,

  • Lev 22:1-4
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

    3Say unto them, Whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I [am] the LORD.

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

  • Lev 21:16-17
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    16¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

  • Num 19:11
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    11¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • Ezek 44:25
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    25And they shall come at 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
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    78%

    13Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation 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: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 15:31
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    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] among them.

  • Lev 16:1-2
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

    2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail 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
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    10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

    11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 4:19-21
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    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 when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

    21¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 6:6-7
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    6All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no 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 the consecration of his God [is] upon his head.

  • Num 3:5
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    5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 5:1-2
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Num 18:1
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    1¶ And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's 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
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    23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

    24And Moses told [it] unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

  • Num 9:6-7
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    6And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, 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] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

  • Lev 13:1
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Num 4:1
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    1¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Num 4:17
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    17And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 30:20
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    20When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

  • Lev 21:4
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    4[But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

  • Num 19:16
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    16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 7:22
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    22And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 22:17
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    17¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 17:2
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    2Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,

  • Num 9:9-10
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    9And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

  • Exod 28:35
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    35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy [place] before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

  • Lev 10:8
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    8¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

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    11¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:22
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    22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

  • Num 18:7
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    7Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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