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Leviticus 21:5

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They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

They shall not make {H7139} baldness {H7144} upon their head {H7218}, neither shall they shave off {H1548} the corner {H6285} of their beard {H2206}, nor make {H8295} any cuttings {H8296} in their flesh {H1320}.

Cohanim are not to make bald spots on their heads, mar the edges of their beards or cut gashes in their flesh.

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 14:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Ezekiel 44:20 (8 votes)

    Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

  • Leviticus 19:27 (4 votes)

    Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

  • Leviticus 19:28 (4 votes)

    Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 48:37 (2 votes)

    For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

  • Amos 8:10 (2 votes)

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  • Leviticus 10:6 (2 votes)

    And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.