Leviticus 21:4
ContextNET © | He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 1 |
NIV © | He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself. |
NASB © | ‘He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. |
NLT © | As a husband among his relatives, he must not defile himself. |
MSG © | but he must not contaminate himself with the dead who are only related to him by marriage and thus profane himself. |
BBE © | But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself. |
NRSV © | But he shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself. |
NKJV © | ‘ Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. |
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NET © | He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 1 |
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1 tn Heb “He shall not defile himself a husband in his peoples, to profane himself.” The meaning of the line is disputed, but it appears to prohibit a priest from burying any relative by marriage (as opposed to the blood relatives of vv. 2-3), including his wife (compare B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 142-43 with J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 343, 348). |