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Leviticus 21:11

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21:11He must not go where there is any dead person;21 he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

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  1. 21 Although the has “persons” (plural), the and have the singular “person” corresponding to the singular adjectival participle “dead” (cf. also Num 6:6).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

NLTNew Living Translation

He must not defile himself by going near a dead body. He may not make himself ceremonially unclean even for his father or mother.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.

KJV 1900King James Version

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