Ezekiel 44:25 Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

25: A priest must never defile himself by being in the presence of a dead person unless it is his father, mother, child, brother, or unmarried sister. In such cases it is permitted.

Matthew 8:21

  1. Another of his disciples said, "Lord, first let me return home and bury my father."
  2. But Jesus told him, "Follow me now! Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead."

Luke 9:59

  1. He said to another person, "Come, be my disciple." The man agreed, but he said, "Lord, first let me return home and bury my father."
  2. Jesus replied, "Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead. Your duty is to go and preach the coming of the Kingdom of God."

Leviticus 22:4

  1. "If any of the priests have a contagious skin disease or any kind of discharge that makes them ceremonially unclean, they may not eat the sacred offerings until they have been pronounced clean. If any of the priests become unclean by touching a corpse, or are defiled by an emission of semen,

Leviticus 21:1

  1. The LORD said to Moses, "Tell the priests to avoid making themselves ceremonially unclean by touching a dead relative
  2. unless it is a close relative--mother or father, son or daughter, brother
  3. or virgin sister who was dependent because she had no husband.
  4. As a husband among his relatives, he must not defile himself.
  5. "The priests must never shave their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

  1. And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope.
  2. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus comes, God will bring back with Jesus all the Christians who have died.
  3. I can tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves.

2 Corinthians 5:16

  1. So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now!
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