Leviticus 21:4

NETBible

He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 1 

NIV ©

He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.

NASB ©

‘He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself.

NLT ©

As a husband among his relatives, he must not defile himself.

MSG ©

but he must not contaminate himself with the dead who are only related to him by marriage and thus profane himself.

BBE ©

But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

NRSV ©

But he shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.

NKJV ©

‘ Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

KJV
[But] he shall not defile
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himself, [being] a chief man
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among his people
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to profane
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himself. {he...: or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc}
NASB ©
'He shall not defile
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himself as a relative
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by marriage
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among his people
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, and so profane
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himself.
LXXM
ou
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ADV
mianyhsetai
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V-FPI-3S
exapina
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ADV
en
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PREP
tw
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T-DSM
law
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N-DSM
autou
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D-GSM
eiv
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PREP
bebhlwsin {N-ASF} autou
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D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
He must not
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defile
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himself as a husband
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among his people
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so as to profane
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himself.
HEBREW
wlxhl
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wymeb
<05971>
leb
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amjy
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al (21:4)
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NETBible

He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 1 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “He shall not defile himself a husband in his peoples, to profane himself.” The meaning of the line is disputed, but it appears to prohibit a priest from burying any relative by marriage (as opposed to the blood relatives of vv. 2-3), including his wife (compare B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 142-43 with J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 343, 348).