^21:2except for his close relative who is near to him:⁴ his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, ^21:3and his virgin sister who is near to him,⁵ who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

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Footnotes

4 Heb “except for his flesh, the one near to him.”
5 Cf. v. 2a.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean).

NIVNew International Version (2011)

except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother, or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother. He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family.

NLTNew Living Translation

The only exceptions are his closest relatives—his mother or father, son or daughter, brother, or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

except for his direct relative closest to him: his mother and his father, and his son and his daughter, and his brother, and for his sister, a virgin, who is closest to him, who has not had a husband—for her he may defile himself.

KJV 1900King James Version

But 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, And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

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