When he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.
Ezekiel 44:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither shall they shave their heads or allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut short or trim the hair of their heads. American Standard Version (1901) Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. Common English Bible They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they will trim the hair on their heads. Catholic Public Domain Version Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads. |
When he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.
“And you, O mortal, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber’s razor and run it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.
“All the days of their nazirite vow no razor shall come upon the head; until the time is completed for which they separate themselves to the Lord, they shall be holy; they shall let the locks of the head grow long.
Does not nature itself teach you that, if a man wears long hair, it is dishonoring to him,
“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.