Ezekiel 44:20
Bible › Ezekiel › Chapter 44 › Verse 20
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
In other translations
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
- Leviticus 21:5-245 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. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies. 6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy. 7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. 8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
- Numbers 6:5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
- Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
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