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Numbers 19:14
“ This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
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Leviticus 19:28
“‘ You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
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Numbers 6:7
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.
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Leviticus 21:1-2
Yahweh said to Moses,“ Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,‘ A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
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2 Corinthians 5 16
Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
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Luke 9:59-60
He said to another,“ Follow me!” But he said,“ Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”But Jesus said to him,“ Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
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Matthew 8:21-22
Another of his disciples said to him,“ Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”But Jesus said to him,“ Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
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Luke 14:26
“ If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
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Matthew 12:46-50
While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.One said to him,“ Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”But he answered him who spoke to him,“ Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”He stretched out his hand toward his disciples, and said,“ Behold, my mother and my brothers!For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
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Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father, and of his mother,‘ I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.