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Numbers 6:7

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7“ ‘But what if their father or mother dies? Or what if their brother or sister dies? Then they must not make themselves “unclean” because of them. The hair on their heads shows they are set apart for God.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, while the mark of consecration to his God is on his head.

NLTNew Living Translation

Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, they must not defile themselves, for the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for even his father, mother, brother, or sister he will not make himself unclean by their death, because the separation to his God is on his head.

KJV 1900King James Version

He 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.