Leviticus 19:27

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head. Do not clip off the edges of your beard.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun grabbed David’s messengers. He shaved them. He cut off their clothes just below the waist and left them half naked. Then he sent them away.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go up to their temple to worship. They go to their high places to weep. The people of Moab cry over the cities of Nebo and Medeba. All their heads are shaved. All their beards have been cut off.

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important and unimportant people alike will die in this land. Their bodies will not be buried. No one will mourn for them. No one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

Jeremiah 41:5

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’s house.

Jeremiah 48:37

Every head is shaved. Every beard is cut off. Every hand is cut. And every waist is covered with the clothes of sadness.

Jeremiah 9:25

“The days are coming when I will judge people,” announces the Lord. “I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their bodies.

Ezekiel 44:20

“The priests must not shave their heads. They must not let their hair grow long. They must keep it cut short.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They will put on terror as if it were their clothes. Every face will be covered with shame. Every head will be shaved.

Leviticus 19:28

“ ‘Do not make cuts on your bodies when someone dies. Do not put marks on your skin. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:5

“ ‘Priests must not shave any part of their heads. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make cuts on their bodies when someone dies.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.