Maimonides
That a High Priest shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body, as it is said, “Neither shall he go in unto any dead body (nor defile himself)” (ibid. 21:11). It has been learnt by tradition that a priest, who does so, violates the prohibition, “Neither shall he go in….”, and also the prohibition, “He shall not defile himself”.
Leviticus 21:11
- KJV
- Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- ASV
- neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- WEB
- He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
- JPS
- neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;