And 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 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) 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. |
And 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 son of man, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber's razor and pass it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.
“All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.
Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him,
“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.