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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ועל כל נפשת מת לא יבא לאביו ולאמו לא יטמא
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
v`l kl npSHt mt lA ybA lAbyv vlAmv lA ytmA

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Authorized (King James) Version   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
New King James Version   
nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
21st Century King James Version   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;

Other translations
American Standard Version   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Darby Bible Translation   
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.
God's Word   
He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
International Standard Version   
He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself.
NET Bible   
He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
New American Standard Bible   
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
New International Version   
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,
New Living Translation   
He must not defile himself by going near a dead body. He may not make himself ceremonially unclean even for his father or mother.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
The World English Bible   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
EasyEnglish Bible   
He must not go into a room where there is a dead body. Even if it is the body of his parent, he must not go in. It will make him unclean.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
New Life Version   
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
The Voice Bible   
He is not to go near any dead bodies—not even his father’s or mother’s—or else he will make himself impure.
Living Bible   
nor be in the presence of any dead person—not even his father or mother.
New Catholic Bible   
nor shall he make himself unclean by touching any dead body, even that of his own father or mother.
Legacy Standard Bible   
nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;
Christian Standard Bible   
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Neither shall he go in where any dead body lies nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
New Century Version   
He must not go into a house where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even if it is for his own father or mother.
The Message   
“The high priest, the one among his brothers who has received the anointing oil poured on his head and been ordained to wear the priestly vestments, must not let his hair go wild and tangled nor wear ragged and torn clothes. He must not enter a room where there is a dead body. He must not ritually contaminate himself, even for his father or mother; and he must neither abandon nor desecrate the Sanctuary of his God because of the dedication of the anointing oil which is upon him. I am God.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He shall not enter any place where there is a dead person. He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
Good News Translation®   
He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.
Wycliffe Bible   
and utterly he shall not enter [in] to any dead man; and he shall not be defouled on his father, and mother (yea, he shall not even be defiled for his father, or his mother),
Contemporary English Version   
Don't make yourself unclean by going near a dead body, not even that of your own father or mother.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
Common English Bible © 2011   
He must not go near any dead bodies and cannot make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean;
New American Standard Bible   
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
The Expanded Bible   
He must not go into a house where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean [C in a ritual sense], even if it is for his own father or mother.
Tree of Life Version   
nor should he go near any dead person, defiling himself, even for his father or his mother.
Revised Standard Version   
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
New International Reader's Version   
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself “unclean,” even if his father or mother dies.
BRG Bible   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Complete Jewish Bible   
go in to where any dead body is or make himself unclean, even when his father or mother dies.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor make himself tamei for his av, or for his em;
Names of God Bible   
He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
Modern English Version   
nor shall he approach any dead body, nor make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother;
Easy-to-Read Version   
He must not make himself unclean by touching a dead body. He must not go near a dead body, even if it is his own father or mother.
International Children’s Bible   
He must not go into a house where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even if it is his own father or mother.
Lexham English Bible   
And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or for his mother.
New International Version - UK   
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,