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Leviticus 21:5

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
KJV
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.
WEB
“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.
ASV
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.
DARBY
They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
BLB
They shall not make baldness on their heads, and they shall not shave the edges of their beards, and they shall not make a cutting in their flesh.
ÅB
De skal ikke rake seg skallet på noen del av sitt hode og ikke klippe sitt skjegg kort og ikke skjære i sitt kjøtt.
OTB
Prester må ikke lage skallede flekker på hodet, barbere kantene av skjegget, eller lage noen kutt på kroppen.
B1930
De skal ikke rake sig skallet på nogen del av sitt hode og ikke klippe sitt skjegg kort og ikke skjære i sitt kjøtt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 14:1

    Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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  • Ezekiel 44:20

    Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

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  • Leviticus 19:27–28

    Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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  • Amos 8:10

    And 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.

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  • Micah 1:16

    Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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  • Isaiah 15:2

    He 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.

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  • Jeremiah 16:6

    Both 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:

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