Leviticus 21:11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shall he go in to any dead body,.... That is, into a tent or house where any dead body lies, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, for whoever went into such a place was unclean seven days;…
More was expected from a priest than from other people, but more from the high priest than from other priests, because upon his head the anointing oil was poured, and he was consecrated to put on the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
for his father, or for his mother i.e. not even in such cases, where filial affection would otherwise prescribe it.
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