Leviticus Chapter 21 verse 5 Holy Bible
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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They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
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They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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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.
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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.
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"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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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;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Make baldness upon their head.--The natural expression of grief, however, which the priests were to manifest for the above-named departed relations, was not to show itself in the practices which disfigure their bodily appearance, and which obtained among other nations of antiquity in connection with funeral ceremonies. Thus, in the graphic description of the idolatrous priests mourning, we are told "the priests sit in their temples, having their clothes rent, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads." (Bar 6:31.) The three things here prohibited to the priests are also forbidden to the people at large under other circumstances. (See Leviticus 19:27-28; Deuteronomy 14:1.) The ordinary Israelites, however, indulged in the same practices. (See Jeremiah 16:6; Ezekiel 7:18; Amos 8:10.) . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewPriests must notלֹֽא־ (lō-)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nomake baldיִקְרְח֤וּ (yiq·rə·ḥū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7139: To make baldspots on their heads,בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם (bə·rō·šām)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7218: The headshave off the edgesוּפְאַ֥ת (ū·p̄ə·’aṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremityof their beards,זְקָנָ֖ם (zə·qā·nām)Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2206: Beard, chinor makeיִשְׂרְט֖וּ (yiś·rə·ṭū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 8295: To incise, scratchcutsשָׂרָֽטֶת׃ (śā·rā·ṭeṯ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8296: An incisionin their bodies.וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם (ū·ḇiḇ·śā·rām)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, manJump to PreviousBaldness Beard Beards Bodies Chins Corner Corners Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Edges Flesh Hair Head Heads Priests Shave Short
