Leviticus 21:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.”
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“Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:6Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
- Leviticus 19:27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
- Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- 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.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- 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 44:20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
- Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
- Micah 1:16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
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