Leviticus 21:4
But he shall not defi himself, being a chief man among his peop, to profane himself.
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- Ezek 24:16-17 : 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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- Lev 21:1-33 verses81%
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defid for the dead among his peop:
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,
3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defid.
- Num 6:5-95 verses80%
5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
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.
8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
- Lev 21:10-167 verses80%
10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defi himself for his father, or for his mother;
12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own peop to wife.
15Neither shall he profane his seed among his peop: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Lev 21:5-84 verses77%
5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their fsh.
6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
- Ezek 44:25-262 verses76%
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.
26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
- Lev 21:21-233 verses74%
21No man that hath a bmish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a bmish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a bmish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
- Lev 22:3-64 verses73%
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 uncanness 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 per, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be can. And whoso toucheth any thing that is uncan by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
5Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made uncan, or a man of whom he may take uncanness, whatsoever uncanness he hath;
6The soul which hath touched any such shall be uncan until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unss he wash his fsh with water.
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20But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
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6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
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31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncanness; that they die not in their uncanness, when they defi my tabernac that is among them.
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19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncanness.
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15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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24Defi not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defid which I cast out before you:
- Num 19:11-133 verses69%
11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
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.
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16But if he wash them not, nor bathe his fsh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
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21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an uncan thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childss.
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18For whatsoever man he be that hath a bmish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
- Ezek 44:22-232 verses69%
22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
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22When a rur hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
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44He is a prous man, he is uncan: the priest shall pronounce him utterly uncan; his plague is in his head.
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19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
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21Moreover the soul that shall touch any uncan thing, as the uncanness of man, or any uncan beast, or any abominab uncan thing, and eat of the fsh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his peop.
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4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his fsh, and shall be girded with a linen gird, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his fsh in water, and so put them on.
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13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.