Leviticus 21:5
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5 “Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.(A)
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Deuteronomy 14:1
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Forbidden Practices
14 “You are sons of the Lord your God;(A) do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head[a] on behalf of the dead,(B)
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2 Samuel 10:4-5
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4 So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved off half their beards,(A) cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.(B)
5 When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”
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Jeremiah 48:37
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37 Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short.(A) On every hand is a gash(B) and sackcloth(C) around the waist.
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Ezekiel 5:1-5
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Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem’s Fall
5 “Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword,(A) use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair. 2 You are to burn a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended;(B) you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them. 3 But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.(C) 4 Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it.(D) A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.
5 “This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
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Ezekiel 44:20
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20 “They may not shave their heads(A) or let their hair grow long,(B) but are to carefully trim their hair.
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