Ezekiel 44:20

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They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

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  • Num 6:5 : 5 Throughout the length of their vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the time of their dedication to the LORD is complete, they are to be holy and allow the hair of their head to grow long.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 11:14 : 14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him?
  • Lev 21:5-9 : 5 They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies. 6 They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy. 7 They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God. 8 You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy. 9 If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she profanes her father and must be burned with fire. 10 The high priest, who has the oil of anointing poured on his head and who has been consecrated to wear the sacred garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes. 11 He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother. 12 He must not leave the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD. 13 He must marry a woman who is a virgin. 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from among his own people. 15 He must not defile his descendants among his people, because I am the LORD who sanctifies him. 16 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 17 Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed. 19 No man with a broken foot or a broken hand, 20 or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy, 23 but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy. 24 So Moses spoke this to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:4-6
    3 verses
    85%

    4He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

    6They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.

  • Num 6:5
    79%

    5Throughout the length of their vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the time of their dedication to the LORD is complete, they are to be holy and allow the hair of their head to grow long.

  • Lev 19:26-28
    3 verses
    79%

    26Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. Do not practice divination or seek omens.

    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:16-19
    4 verses
    78%

    16They alone shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall approach My table to serve Me. They will keep My charge.

    17When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear any wool while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

    18They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

    19When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they wore while ministering and leave them in the holy chambers. They are to put on other garments so they do not transmit holiness to the people by their clothing.

  • Ezek 44:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

    22They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

    23They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

  • Lev 21:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10The high priest, who has the oil of anointing poured on his head and who has been consecrated to wear the sacred garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.

    11He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother.

    12He must not leave the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 13:33
    73%

    33The person must shave, but they must not shave the infected area. The priest will isolate them for another seven days.

  • Ezek 44:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed.

    14I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it.

  • Ezek 7:18
    71%

    18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.

  • Deut 14:1
    71%

    1You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

  • Lev 13:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40If a man loses hair from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

    41If he loses hair from the front of his head, he has partial baldness, but he is clean.

  • Ezek 42:14
    70%

    14When the priests enter, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, but they must leave their garments in which they minister there, for they are holy. They shall wear other garments before they come near to the area accessible to the people.

  • Isa 7:20
    70%

    20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head, the hair of your legs, and also take off your beard.

  • Num 8:7
    70%

    7This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.

  • Lev 14:9
    70%

    9On the seventh day, they must shave off all their hair—their head, their beard, their eyebrows, and all their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe their body in water, and then they will be clean.

  • Num 6:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7Even if their father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean for them, because the consecration to God is upon their head.

    8For the entire period of their separation, they are holy to the LORD.

    9If someone dies suddenly beside them, making their head of dedication unclean, they must shave their head on the day of their purification—the seventh day.

  • Jer 48:37
    69%

    37Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.

  • Num 4:20
    69%

    20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

  • Ezek 5:1
    69%

    1And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a razor for barbers, and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

  • Acts 21:24
    68%

    24Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

  • Lev 22:15
    68%

    15The priests must not allow the sacred offerings of the people of Israel, which they present to the LORD, to be defiled.

  • Ezek 44:11
    68%

    11They shall serve as ministers in My sanctuary, responsible for the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before them to serve them.

  • Jer 16:6
    68%

    6Both 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.

  • Num 6:18
    68%

    18The Nazirite must then shave the hair of their dedication at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

  • Exod 28:40
    68%

    40Also make tunics, sashes, and caps for Aaron's sons, for glory and beauty.

  • Matt 5:36
    67%

    36And do not swear by your head, because you cannot make even one hair white or black.

  • Lev 13:44
    67%

    44the man is diseased and unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head.

  • Mic 1:16
    67%

    16Shave 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.

  • Ezek 44:25
    67%

    25Priests must not come near a dead person and defile themselves, except for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister. For these, they may defile themselves.

  • Ezek 23:15
    67%

    15They were girded with belts at their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like officers, resembling the men of Babylon, born in Chaldea.

  • Luke 21:18
    67%

    18Yet not a single hair of your head will perish.

  • Lev 13:29
    67%

    29If a man or woman has an infection on the head or the beard,

  • Deut 22:12
    66%

    12Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

  • Exod 29:9
    66%

    9Gird them with sashes, both Aaron and his sons, and fasten caps on their heads. The priesthood shall be theirs by a lasting statute. In this way, you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

  • Exod 30:20
    66%

    20When they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a fire offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.