Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh. Leviticus 19:27 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard. Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons: Uncover not your heads, and rend not your garments, lest perhaps you die, and indignation come upon all the congregation. Let your brethren, and all the house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. Leviticus 19:27,28 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard. . . . Deuteronomy 14:1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead; Isaiah 15:2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. Isaiah 22:12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: Jeremiah 16:6 Both the great and the little shall die in this land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. Jeremiah 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth. Ezekiel 44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long hair: but they shall only poll their heads. Amos 8:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light: Micah 1:16 Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come. Context Holiness Required of Priests…4But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean. 5Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.6They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name. For they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God: and therefore they shall be holy.… Cross References Leviticus 19:27 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard. Leviticus 21:4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean. Deuteronomy 14:1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead; Isaiah 15:2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. Ezekiel 5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy head, and over thy beard: and take thee a balance to weigh in, and divide the hair. Ezekiel 44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long hair: but they shall only poll their heads. Lexicon Priests must notלֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no make bald יִקְרְח֤וּ (yiq·rə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7139: To make bald spots on their heads, בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם (bə·rō·šām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head shave off the edges וּפְאַ֥ת (ū·p̄ə·’aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity of their beards, זְקָנָ֖ם (zə·qā·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2206: Beard, chin or make יִשְׂרְט֖וּ (yiś·rə·ṭū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8295: To incise, scratch cuts שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ (śā·rā·ṭeṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8296: An incision in their bodies. וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם (ū·ḇiḇ·śā·rām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man Additional Translations 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 on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 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. And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh. 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. 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 baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 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; Jump to Previous Baldness Beard Beards Bodies Chins Corner Corners Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Edges Flesh Hair Head Heads Priests Shave ShortJump to Next Baldness Beard Beards Bodies Chins Corner Corners Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Edges Flesh Hair Head Heads Priests Shave ShortExternal Links Leviticus 21:5 NIVLeviticus 21:5 NLT Leviticus 21:5 ESV Leviticus 21:5 NASB Leviticus 21:5 ASV Leviticus 21:5 Bible Apps Leviticus 21:5 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 21:5 Chinese Bible Leviticus 21:5 French Bible Leviticus 21:5 German Bible Alphabetical: any baldness beards bodies cut cuts edges flesh heads in make must nor not of off on or Priests shall shave the their They OT Law: Leviticus 21:5 They shall not shave their heads neither (Le Lv Lev.) 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