Lev 21:5, Deu 14:1, Isa 15:2, 22:12, Jer 16:6, 47:5, 48:37, Eze 7:18 | TSK | STEP | 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. the corner.The Hebrew {peath zakon}, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac {phatho} signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, [qtswtsy p'h,] those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations.

Leviticus 21:5

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.

10:6; 19:27,28; De 14:1; Isa 15:2; 22:12; Jer 16:6; 48:37; Eze 44:20

Am 8:10; Mic 1:16

the corner.The Hebrew {peath zakon}, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac {phatho} signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, [qtswtsy p'h,] those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations.

Deuteronomy 14:1

1 God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning.

3 What may, and what may not be eaten;

4 of beasts;

9 of fishes;

11 of fowls.

21 That which dieth of itself may not be eaten.

22 Tithes of divine service.

23 Tithes and firstlings to be eaten before the Lord.

28 The third year's tithe of alms and charity.

the children.

Ge 6:2,4; Ex 4:22,23; Ps 82:6,7; Jer 3:19; Ho 1:10; Joh 1:12; 11:52

Ro 8:16; 9:8,26; 2Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; Heb 2:10; 1Jo 3:1,2,10; 5:2

ye shall not.The heathen nations not only did these things in honour of their gods, but in grief for the death of a relative.

Le 19:27,28; 21:5; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; 1Th 4:13

Isaiah 15:2

is gone.

16:12; Jos 13:17; Jer 48:18,22,23

Moab.

3; 14:31; 16:7; Jer 48:31,39

Nebo.

Nu 32:3,38; De 34:1; Jer 48:1

Medeba.

Nu 21:30; Jos 13:16

all.

3:24; 22:12; Le 19:27,28; 21:5; De 14:1; Job 1:20; Jer 7:29; 47:5

Jer 48:1,37,38; Eze 7:18

Isaiah 22:12

call.

2Ch 35:25; Ne 8:9-12; 9:9; Ec 3:4,11; Joe 1:13; 2:17; Jas 4:8-10

to baldness.

15:2; Ezr 9:3; Job 1:20; Am 8:10; Jon 3:6; Mic 1:16

Jeremiah 16:6

the great.

13:13; Isa 9:14-17; 24:2; Eze 9:5,6; Am 6:11; Re 6:15; 20:12

they.

nor cut.

7:29; 41:5; 47:5; 48:37; Le 19:28; De 14:1; Isa 22:12

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness.

48:37; Isa 15:2; Eze 7:18; Mic 1:16

Gaza.

1; Am 1:6-8; Zep 2:4-7; Zec 9:5-7

the remnant.

4; 25:20; Eze 25:16

how.

16:1; 41:5; 48:37; Le 19:28; 21:5; De 14:1; 1Ki 18:28; Mr 5:5

Jeremiah 48:37

every head.

16:6; 41:5; 47:5; Isa 3:24; 15:2,3; Eze 7:18; 27:31; Am 8:10

clipped. Heb. diminished. cuttings.

Le 19:28; 1Ki 18:28; Mr 5:5

upon the loins.

Ge 37:29,34; 1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 6:30; Isa 20:2; 37:1; Re 11:3

Ezekiel 7:18

shall also.

Isa 3:24; 15:2,3; Jer 48:37; Am 8:10

and horror.

Ge 15:12; Job 21:6; Ps 35:26; 55:4,5; Jer 3:25; Re 6:15-17

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