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Numbers 19:14
“‘ This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
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Leviticus 19:28
You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
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Numbers 6:7
He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.
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Leviticus 21:1-2
The LORD said to Moses:“ Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them,‘ For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
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2 Corinthians 5 16
So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
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Luke 9:59-60
Jesus said to another,“ Follow me.” But he replied,“ Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”But Jesus said to him,“ Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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Matthew 8:21-22
Another of the disciples said to him,“ Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”But Jesus said to him,“ Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
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Luke 14:26
“ If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 12:46-50
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.Someone told him,“ Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“ Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”And pointing toward his disciples he said,“ Here are my mother and my brothers!For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Deuteronomy 33:9
He said to his father and mother,“ I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.