Leviticus 21:1
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Regulations for Conduct of Priests(A)
21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: (B)‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
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Leviticus 21:11
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11 nor shall he go (A)near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
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Numbers 5:2
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2 “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every (A)leper, everyone who has a (B)discharge, and whoever becomes (C)defiled [a]by a corpse.
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Numbers 6:6
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6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (A)he shall not go near a dead body.
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Numbers 9:6
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6 Now there were certain men who were (A)defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; (B)and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.
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Numbers 9:10
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10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your [a]posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover.
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Numbers 31:19
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19 And as for you, (A)remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and (B)whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.
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Lamentations 4:14
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14 They wandered blind in the streets;
(A)They have defiled themselves with blood,
(B)So that no one would touch their garments.
Haggai 2:13
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13 And Haggai said, “If one who is (A)unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?”
So the priests answered and said, “It shall be unclean.”
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