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except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother. He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family. He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage[a] and so defile himself.

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  1. 21:4 Lit unclean a husband among his people

except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(A) his son or daughter, his brother, or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.(B) He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage,[a] and so defile himself.

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  1. Leviticus 21:4 Or unclean as a leader among his people

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

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

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但骨肉至親,如父母、兒女、兄弟、 以及未出嫁仍是處女的姊妹例外。 祭司不可因姻親的關係而玷污自己。[a]

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  1. 21·4 或譯「作為民中的首領,祭司不可玷污自己。」