Lev 21:1-6, 22:4, Mat 8:21-22, Luk 9:59-60, 2Cor 5:16, 1Th 4:13-15 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Moses , Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people ,

Leviticus 21:1-6

Holiness and the Priests

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ^aNo one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean). 4 He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself. 5 ^bThey shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body. 6 They shall be holy to their God and ^cnot profane the name of their God. For they offer the Lord’s food offerings, ^dthe bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 22:4

4 None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a ^edischarge may eat of the holy things ^funtil he is clean. ^gWhoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or ^ha man who has had an emission of semen,

Matthew 8:21-22

21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave ⁱthe dead to bury their own dead.”

Luke 9:59-60

59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} said to him, “Leave ^kthe dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and ^lproclaim the kingdom of God.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

16 From now on, therefore, ^mwe regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-15

The Coming of the Lord

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, ⁿthat you may not grieve as others do ^owho have no hope. 14 For ^psince we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him ^qthose who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you ^rby a word from the Lord, ^{▼▼Or by the word of the Lord} that ^twe who are alive, who are left until ^uthe coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.