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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ולאחתו הבתולה הקרובה אליו אשר לא היתה לאיש--לה יטמא
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vlAKHtv hbtvlh hqrvbh Alyv ASHr lA hyth lAySH--lh ytmA

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And for his sister a virgin, that is near to him, which has had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, who has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
New King James Version   
also his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband, for her he may defile himself.
21st Century King James Version   
and for his sister, a virgin who is nigh unto him, who hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.
Darby Bible Translation   
and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, which hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean).
God's Word   
and especially an unmarried virgin sister who is still close to you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
He may make himself unclean for his young unmarried sister in his immediate family.
International Standard Version   
virgin sister (who is a near relative of him and did not have a husband— he may defile himself for her).
NET Bible   
and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.
New American Standard Bible   
also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
New International Version   
or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband--for her he may make himself unclean.
New Living Translation   
or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh to him, who hath had no husband: for her he may be defiled.
The World English Bible   
and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
EasyEnglish Bible   
He can touch the dead person if it is his sister. But he must not touch her if she has a husband.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.
New Life Version   
or his young sister who is near to him because she has had no husband. For her he may make himself unclean.
The Voice Bible   
and any sister who is still a virgin when she dies. Since she has no husband, the priest is her closest relative, so he is allowed to make himself impure for her.
Living Bible   
unless it is a near relative—a mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister for whom he has special responsibility since she has no husband.
New Catholic Bible   
or his unmarried sister, who is near to him, for she has no husband. For these he can become unclean.
Legacy Standard Bible   
also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and for his virgin sister, that is near unto him, who has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.
Christian Standard Bible   
He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And for his sister, a virgin, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.
New Century Version   
unmarried sister who is close to him because she has no husband. The priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.
The Message   
God spoke to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron. Tell them, A priest must not ritually contaminate himself by touching the dead, except for close relatives: mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband; for these he may make himself ritually unclean, but he must not contaminate himself with the dead who are only related to him by marriage and thus profane himself.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
and also for his virgin sister, who is close to him because she does not have a husband—for her he may make himself unclean.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.
Good News Translation®   
or unmarried sister living in his house.
Wycliffe Bible   
and sister, (who is) a virgin, that is not wedded to man;
Contemporary English Version   
or an unmarried sister, who has no husband to take care of her.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
likewise, for a virgin sister close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.
Common English Bible © 2011   
also for your unmarried sister, who is close to you because she isn’t married—you may be polluted for her sake.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
also his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may become unclean.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean).
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
or his unmarried sister, who is of his own family while she remains single; for these he may make himself unclean.
New American Standard Bible   
also for his virgin sister who is near to him because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself.
The Expanded Bible   
·unmarried [L virgin] sister who is close to him because she has no husband. The priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.
Tree of Life Version   
or his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband. For her he may allow himself to become unclean.
Revised Standard Version   
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).
New International Reader's Version   
He can also go near a sister who is not married. She would have depended on him because she did not have a husband. The priest can make himself “unclean” by going near her body.
BRG Bible   
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Complete Jewish Bible   
he may also make himself unclean for his virgin sister who has never married and is therefore dependent on him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And for his betulah achot (virgin sister), that is close unto him, which hath had no ish (husband); for her may he be made tamei.
Names of God Bible   
and especially an unmarried virgin sister who is still close to you.
Modern English Version   
and his virgin sister (who is near him because she has not had a husband), for her he may be made unclean.
Easy-to-Read Version   
his unmarried sister. (This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.)
International Children’s Bible   
unmarried sister. This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.
Lexham English Bible   
and for his sister, a virgin, who is closest to him, who has not had a husband—for her he may defile himself.
New International Version - UK   
or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband – for her he may make himself unclean.