Leviticus 19:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.”
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“You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 19:27 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
- Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- 1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
- Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
- Jeremiah 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
- Jeremiah 48:37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
- Ezekiel 44:20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
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