21:11 He must not go where there is any dead person; 1 he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
21:12 He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane 2 the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.
1 tc Although the MT has “persons” (plural), the LXX and Syriac have the singular “person” corresponding to the singular adjectival participle “dead” (cf. also Num 6:6).
2 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.