Bible Cross References
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Leviticus 21:1-6
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall tell them [that] they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,
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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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and for a virgin sister that is near to him, that has no husband; for her he may defile himself.
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[Otherwise] he shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself.
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And you shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
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They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy.
Leviticus 22:4
And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
Matthew 8:21
Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."
Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Luke 9:59
Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."
Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
2 Corinthians 5:16
Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know [Him thus] no longer.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-15
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Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who have died, lest you be sorrowful as those who have no hope.
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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose [again], thus also God will bring with Him those who die in Jesus.
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For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall by no means precede those who are dead.