Leviticus 21:5

New Century Version

“ ‘Priests must not shave their heads, or shave off the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.

Cross References

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry. The people of Moab cry for the cities of Nebo and Medeba. Every head and beard has been shaved to show how sad Moab is.

Isaiah 22:12

The Lord God All-Powerful told the people to cry and be sad, to shave their heads and wear rough cloth.

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No one will bury them or cry for them or cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for them.

Jeremiah 48:37

Every head has been shaved and every beard cut off. Everyone’s hands are cut, and everyone wears rough cloth around his waist.

Ezekiel 44:20

“ ‘They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long but must keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

Ezekiel 5:1

“Now, human, take a sharp sword, and use it like a barber’s razor to shave your head and beard. Then take scales and weigh and divide the hair.

Leviticus 10:6

Then Moses said to Aaron and his other sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Don’t show sadness by tearing your clothes or leaving your hair uncombed. If you do, you will die, and the Lord will be angry with all the people. All the people of Israel, your relatives, may cry loudly about the Lord burning Nadab and Abihu,

Leviticus 21:4

But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only related to him by marriage.

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead, and all your songs will become songs of sadness. I will make all of you wear rough cloth to show your sadness; I will make you shave your heads as well. I will make it like a time of crying for the death of an only son, and its end like the end of an awful day.”

Micah 1:16

Cut off your hair to show you are sad for the children you love. Make yourself bald like the eagle, because your children will be taken away to a foreign land.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.