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Ezekiel 44:25
“ ‘ “They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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Leviticus 21:1
Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,

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Leviticus 21:2
except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

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Leviticus 21:11
He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.

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Leviticus 21:3
and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

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Leviticus 21:4
He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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Numbers 19:14
“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

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Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

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1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

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