Leviticus 21:3
“And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh vnto him, which hath had no husband: for her may he be defiled.”
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Leviticus 21:3 Context
1And 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: 2But for his kinne, that is neere vnto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his sonne, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh vnto him, which hath had no husband: for her may he be defiled. 4But hee shall not defile himselfe being a chiefe man among his people, to prophane himselfe. 5They shall not make baldnesse vpon their head, neither shall they shaue off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh:
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And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
- King James Version
also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
- New American Standard Version (1995)