Numbers 6:7

Numbers 6:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

7He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is on his head.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

7He shall not make himself [ceremonially] unclean for his father, mother, brother, or sister, when they die, because [the responsibility for] his separation to God is on his head.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

7Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

7He 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 unto God is upon his head.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

7Hee shall not make himselfe vncleane at the death of his father, or mother, brother, or sister: for the consecration of his God is vpon his head.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

7He 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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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

7But what if their father or mother dies? Or what if their brother or sister dies? Then they must not make themselves “unclean” because of them. The hair on their heads shows they are set apart for God.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

7His hair shows that he has become separate for God. So he must not go near a dead body. He must not go near it even if the dead person is his father, mother, brother or sister.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

7for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister—he does not become unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God [is] on his head;

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