Leviticus 21:5
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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.Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
In other translations
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.Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִקְרְחוּyikrechahthey will make baldH7139קָרְחָהkarechahbaldnessH7144בְּרֹאשָׁםberoshamon head theirH7218וּפְאַתufe'atand [the] side ofH6285זְקָנָםzekanambeard theirH2206לֹאlo'notH3808יְגַלֵּחוּyegalechuthey will shaveH1548וּבִבְשָׂרָםuvivsaramand in flesh theirH1320לֹאlo'notH3808יִשְׂרְטוּyisretuthey will cutH8295שָׂרָטֶת׃saratetcut[s]H8296
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 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,
- Ezekiel 44:20Neither 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.
- Leviticus 19:27-2827 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. 28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
- Amos 8:10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.I 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.
- Jeremiah 16:6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:“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.
- Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.Dibon 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 48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Micah 1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.Shave 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.
- Leviticus 10:6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.Then 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.
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