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 44:20Am 8:10; Mic 1:16the 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.Isaiah 7:20
shave.10:6; 2Ki 16:7,8; 2Ch 28:20,21; Jer 27:6,7; Eze 5:1-4; 29:18,20head.1:5; 9:14-17; 24:2Ezekiel 44:20
shave.Le 21:5-24; De 14:1nor suffer.Nu 6:5; 1Co 11:14
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