Ezekiel 44:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they shall not go near a dead person to defile themselves; but for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, for a brother, or for a sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Priests must not come near a dead person and defile themselves, except for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister. For these, they may defile themselves.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They shal come at no deed persone, to defyle them selues: (excepte it be father or mother, sonne or doughter, brother or sister that hath had yet no husbonde) in soch they maye be defyled.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they shal come at no dead person to defile theselues, except at their father, or mother, or sone, or daughter, brother or sister, that hath had yet none husband: in these may they be defiled.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They shall come at no dead person to defile them selues: but with father or mother, sonne or daughter, brother or sister, that hath had yet no husband, may they be defiled.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:1-6 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people: 2 But for his relative who is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister, a virgin who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God: therefore they shall be holy.
  • Lev 22:4 : 4 Whoever of the descendants of Aaron is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of seed;
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
  • Luke 9:59-60 : 59 Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-15 : 13 But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 21:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:

    2But for his relative who is near to 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 who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

    4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

  • Lev 21:11
    81%

    11Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Num 6:6-8
    3 verses
    81%

    6All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.

    7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

    8All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:26
    80%

    26And after he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for him.

  • Lev 22:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3Say unto them, Whoever he be of all your descendants throughout your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel dedicate unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.

    4Whoever of the descendants of Aaron is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of seed;

    5Or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

  • Lev 15:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

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

    32This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled by it;

    33And of her that is sick of her impurity, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean.

  • Num 19:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Whoever touches the dead body of any man who is dead, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

    14This is the law when a man dies in a tent: all who come into the tent, and all who are in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

  • Num 19:11
    75%

    11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • Num 19:16
    74%

    16And whoever touches someone who 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.

  • Ezek 44:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.

    23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Lev 18:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

    19Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

  • Lev 20:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister, for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

    20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Ezek 44:13
    73%

    13And they shall not come near to me, to perform the office of a priest to 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.

  • Deut 25:5
    72%

    5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

  • Lev 15:27
    72%

    27And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 12:4
    72%

    4Then she shall continue in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall touch no holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

  • Num 5:2
    72%

    2Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead:

  • Num 4:20
    72%

    20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

  • Lev 18:9
    72%

    9The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.

  • Lev 15:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    22And whoever touches anything that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Ezek 22:11
    71%

    11One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Lev 18:6
    71%

    6None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 20:17
    71%

    17And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Lev 11:25
    70%

    25And whoever carries any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 22:9
    70%

    9They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Lev 18:14
    70%

    14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

  • Lev 22:15
    70%

    15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

  • Lev 11:32
    70%

    32And upon whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever vessel it is, in which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed.

  • Ezek 18:6
    70%

    6And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman,

  • Lev 18:11
    70%

    11The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

  • Num 9:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

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

    7And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the children of Israel?

  • Lev 21:15
    70%

    15Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.