Leviticus 19:27 “You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off th…”

Leviticus 19:27

You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.

Darby Translation

— Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Bible in Basic English

The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

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Cross references

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

Leviticus 21:5 Ezekiel 44:20 Isaiah 15:2 Jeremiah 48:37 Jeremiah 16:6 Ezekiel 7:18

Leviticus 21:5 · BSB

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Ezekiel 44:20 · BSB

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

Isaiah 15:2 · BSB

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah 48:37 · BSB

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Jeremiah 16:6 · BSB

“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Ezekiel 7:18 · BSB

They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Also

Deuteronomy 14:1

Deuteronomy 14:1 · BSB

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

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