Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their fsh.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They shall not make{H7139} baldness{H7144} upon their head,{H7218} neither shall they shave off{H1548} the corner{H6285} of their beard,{H2206} nor make{H8295} any cuttings{H8296} in their flesh.{H1320}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They shall not make{H7139}{(H8799)} baldness{H7144} upon their head{H7218}, neither shall they shave off{H1548}{(H8762)} the corner{H6285} of their beard{H2206}, nor make{H8295}{(H8799)} any cuttings{H8296} in their flesh{H1320}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
They shall make the no baldnesse apon their heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes, nor make any markes in their flesh.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade, ner shaue of his beerd, nether shall they cut out eny markes i their fleshe.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Let them not make baldnesse vpon their head, nor shaue of ye lockes of their bearde, nor make any cuttinges in their fleshe.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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;
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
World English Bible (2000)
"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 14:1 : 1 You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Ezek 44:20 : 20 They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.
- Lev 19:27-28 : 27 You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
- Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
- Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
- Jer 48:37 : 37 For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
- Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
- Mic 1:16 : 16 Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness like the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.
- Lev 10:6 : 6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, 'Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, mourn the burning which the Lord has kindled.
- Isa 15:2 : 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Lev 19:26-283 verses86%
26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: nor shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.
28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
- Ezek 44:18-225 verses85%
18 They shall have linen turbans upon their heads, and shall have linen trousers upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
19 And when they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20 They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.
21 No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.
22 Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
- Lev 21:6-72 verses82%
6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God: therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
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1 You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Num 6:5-95 verses78%
5 All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head: until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6 All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.
9 And if anyone dies very suddenly near him, and he defiles the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
- 77%
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
- Lev 21:10-123 verses76%
10 And he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;
11 Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
- 75%
15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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33 he shall be shaved, but the scaly disease shall not be shaved, and the priest shall shut up the one who has the scaly disease seven more days.
- 73%
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
- 72%
7 And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and make themselves clean.
- Lev 21:20-212 verses72%
20 Or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is scabby, or scabbed, or has broken testicles.
21 No man who has a blemish of the descendants of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
- 72%
1 And you, son of man, take a sharp knife, take a barber's razor, and cause it to pass over your head and your beard: then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.
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13 And they shall not come near to me, to perform the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
- Lev 22:24-252 verses71%
24 You shall not offer unto the LORD what is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of them in your land.
25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
- 71%
18 They shall also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
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9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, he shall also wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
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23 Only he shall not go beyond the veil, nor come near the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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20 But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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9 They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
- Lev 13:40-412 verses71%
40 And the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, yet he is clean.
41 And if his hair has fallen from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald, yet he is clean.
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18 For whatever man who has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous,
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5 That there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
- 71%
29 If a man or woman has a plague on the head or the beard,
- 70%
37 For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
- Lev 21:15-162 verses70%
15 Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
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20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
- 70%
5 A woman shall not wear what pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment; for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.
- 70%
1 He that is wounded in the testicles, or has his private member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
- 70%
31 The priests shall not eat anything that has died naturally, or was torn, whether it is bird or beast.
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6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
- 70%
29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.