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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The LORD commanded Moses to tell the Aaronite priests, "No priest is to make himself ritually unclean by taking part in the funeral ceremonies when a relative dies,
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unless it is his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,
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or unmarried sister living in his house.
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He shall not make himself unclean at the death of those related to him by marriage.
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"No priest shall shave any part of his head or trim his beard or cut gashes on his body to show that he is in mourning.
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He must be holy and must not disgrace my name. He offers food offerings to me, and he must be holy.
Leviticus 22:4
"None of the descendants of Aaron who has a dreaded skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the sacred offerings until he is ritually clean. Any priest is unclean if he touches anything which is unclean through contact with a corpse or if he has an emission of semen
Matthew 8:21
Another man, who was a disciple, said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."
Matthew 8:22
"Follow me," Jesus answered, "and let the dead bury their own dead."
Luke 9:59
He said to another man, "Follow me." But that man said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."
Luke 9:60
Jesus answered, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God."
2 Corinthians 5:16
No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-15
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Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope.
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We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.
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W_ hat we are teaching you now is the Lord's teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go ahead of those who have died.