Leviticus 21:5
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
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.
“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- not make baldness
- This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head, (ch. 19:27,) and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol.
- Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 19:27, 28; Deuteronomy 14:1; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 44:20; Amos 8:10; Micah 1:16