He must not go where there is any dead person; ¹  he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

biblegateway Lev 21:11

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.

biblegateway Lev 21:11

He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

bibleoremus Lev 21:11

He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.

He must not enter the place where any dead body lies; not even for his father or his mother may he render himself unclean.

biblegateway Lev 21:11

‘nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

biblegateway Lev 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.

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).