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Holiness Required of Priests

Leviticus 21:2

In 11 translations

BSB
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
KJV
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,
WEB
except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
ASV
except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
LSV
except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
YLT
except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
DBY
except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;
DRC
But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,
GNV
But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,
JPS
except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;
LXXE
but they may mourn for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother,

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֚י אִם־לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ הַקָּרֹ֖ב אֵלָ֑יו לְאִמּ֣וֹ וּלְאָבִ֔יו וְלִבְנ֥וֹ וּלְבִתּ֖וֹ וּלְאָחִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐν τῷ οἰκείῳ τῷ ἔγγιστα αὐτῶν, ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ μητρὶ, καὶ υἱοῖς, καὶ θυγατράσιν, ἐπʼ ἀδελφῷ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 18:6None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

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