Verse List for LEV 21:1

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OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh told Mosheh:
¶  Tell Aharon’s descendants the priests that they must not defile themselves among the Israelis, by touching anything that’s not living

OET-LV and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh say to the_priests the _sons _of ʼAhₐron and_you _will _say to_them to_living _creature not he _will _make _himself _unclean among_kinspeople(s)_of_his.

ULT And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them, ‘For a, dead person, he shall not make himself unclean among his people,

UST Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them that, as long as they live among the people of Israel, they must not make themselves impure by touching a dead body.

BSB & MSB Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron ’s sons, the priests, and tell them [that] [a priest] is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead amongst his people,

NET The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron – say to them, ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,

LSV And YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defiles himself for a [dead] person among his people,

FBV The Lord told Moses, “Tell Aaron's sons, the priests: A priest is not to make himself unclean by touching the dead body of any of his relatives.

T4T Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,

LEB Then[fn] Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say to them, ‘One must not make himself unclean for a dead person among his own people,

BBE And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

Moff No Moff LEV book available

JPS And the LORD said unto Moses: Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them: There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

ASV And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

DRA The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:

YLT And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,

Drby And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,

RV And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

SLT And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, for the soul he shall not be defiled among his peoples.

Wbstr And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

KJB-1769 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

KJB-1611 ¶ And the LORD said vnto Moses; Speake vnto the Priests the sonnes of Aaron, and say vnto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses, Speake vnto the priestes the sonnes of Aaron, & say vnto them: Let none be defiled by a corse among his people:
(And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them: Let none be defiled by a corse among his people:)

Gnva And the Lord said vnto Moses, Speake vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron, and say vnto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,
(And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the Priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,)

Cvdl And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Speake to ye prestes ye sonnes of Aaron, & saye vnto the: A prest shal defyle him self vpo no soule of his people,
(And the LORD said unto Moses: Speak to ye/you_all priests ye/you_all sons of Aaron, and say unto them: A priest shall defile him self upon no soul of his people,)

Wycl And the Lord seide to Moyses, Speke thou to preestis, the sones of Aaron, and thou schalt seie to hem, A preest be not defoulid in the deed men of hise citeseyns,
(And the Lord said to Moses, Speak thou/you to priests, the sons of Aaron, and thou/you shalt/shall say to them, A priest be not defiled in the dead men of his citizens,)

Luth Und der HErr sprach zu Mose: Sage den Priestern, Aarons Söhnen, und sprich zu ihnen: Ein Priester soll sich an keinem Toten seines Volks verunreinigen,
(And the/of_the LORD spoke to/for Mose: Say_to the priests, Aarons sons, and say to/for to_them: A priest(s) should itself/yourself/themselves at/to none killing(n) his peoples contaminate,)

ClVg Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,[fn]
(He/She_said too Master to Moses: Speak to priests children Aaron, and you_say to them: Don’t contaminetur priest in/into/on mortibus citizen of_his_own,)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֱמֹ֥ר אֶל־הַ⁠כֹּהֲנִ֖ים בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן וְ⁠אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵ⁠הֶ֔ם לְ⁠נֶ֥פֶשׁ לֹֽא־יִטַּמָּ֖א בְּ⁠עַמָּֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγων, εἶπον τοῖς ἱερεύσι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρὼν, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς, ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς οὐ μιανθήσονται ἐν τῷ ἔθνει αὐτῶν,

BrTr And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,