Leviticus 21:5 “Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges o…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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 flesh.

World English Bible

“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

American 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 flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“not make baldness”

Deuteronomy 14:1 Ezekiel 44:20 Leviticus 10:6 Isaiah 15:2 Isaiah 22:12 Jeremiah 16:6

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,

Ezekiel 44:20 · BSB

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

Leviticus 10:6 · BSB

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your bro…

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.

Isaiah 22:12 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of 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.

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

In context

4He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

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

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