Leviticus 21:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Cross References (9)

  • Ezekiel 44:25 (6)

    A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brot

  • Leviticus 21:11 (3)

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

  • Leviticus 19:28 (3)

    You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Numbers 19:14 (3)

    This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be uncl

  • Leviticus 10:6–7 (3)

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your

  • Hosea 5:1 (2)

    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because y

  • Malachi 2:1 (2)

    “And now this decree is for you, O priests:

  • Malachi 2:4 (2)

    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of H

  • Numbers 19:16 (2)

    Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone w