Leviticus 21:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLeviticus 21:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
אֱמֹ֥ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים
kôhên
H3548
priest
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
אַהֲרֹ֑ן
ʼAhărôwn
H175
Aaron
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
ʼêl
H413
to
לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִטַּמָּ֖א
ṭâmêʼ
H2930
to be unclean
בְּעַמָּֽיו
ʻam
H5971
people
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them, ‘For a person, he shall not make himself unclean among his people,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).