Verse 5

They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 14:1 : 1 You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.
  • Ezek 44:20 : 20 They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.
  • Lev 19:27-28 : 27 Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. 28 Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.
  • Jer 48:37 : 37 Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'
  • Mic 1:16 : 16 Shave your head bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children. Make yourself as bald as the eagle, for they have been taken away from you into exile.
  • Lev 10:6 : 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, 'Do not uncover your heads or tear your clothes in mourning, or you will die, and the LORD’s wrath will come upon the entire community. However, your relatives—all the house of Israel—may mourn for those the LORD burned.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.