Leviticus 21:5 - Easy To Read Version “Priests must not shave their heads bald. Priests must not shave off the edges of their beards. Priests must not make any cuts in their bodies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The priests [like the other Israelite men] shall not shave the crown of their heads or clip off the corners of their beard or make any cuttings in their flesh. American Standard Version (1901) They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Common English Bible Priests must not shave bald patches on their heads or cut off the ends of their beards or make gashes in their bodies. Catholic Public Domain Version Neither shall they shave their head or their beard, and they shall not make incisions in their flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh. |
The king’s family and the people\par of Dibon {\cf2\super [158]} \par are going to the places of worship {\cf2\super [159]} to cry.\par The people of Moab are crying\par for Nebo {\cf2\super [160]} and Medeba. {\cf2\super [161]} \par The people shaved their heads and beards\par \{to show they are sad\}.\par
So, my Master, the Lord All-Powerful, will tell the people to cry and be sad \{for their dead friends\}. People will shave their heads and wear clothes of sadness.
“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No person will bury those people or cry for them. No person will cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for those people.
Everyone has a shaved head. Everyone’s beard is cut off. Everyone’s hands are cut and bleeding. {\cf2\super [389]} Everyone is wearing their clothes of sadness around their waists.
“These priests won’t shave their heads or let their hair grow long. \{This would show they are sad, and the priests must be happy about serving the Lord.\} The priests may only trim the hair of their heads.
Then Moses spoke to Aaron and his other sons Eleazar and Ithamar. Moses told them, “{Don’t show any sadness!} Don’t tear your clothes or mess up your hair! [116] Don’t show your sadness and you will not be killed. And the Lord will not be angry against all the people. All the people of Israel are your relatives—they can cry about the Lord burning Nadab and Abihu.
But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only one of his slaves. [373]
I will change your holidays\par into days of crying for the dead.\par All your songs will be songs of sadness\par for dead people.\par I will put clothes of sadness on everyone.\par I will make every head bald. {\cf2\super [104]} \par I will make it like heavy crying\par for an only son that has died.\par It will be a very bitter end.”\par
So cut off your hair,\par make yourself bald. {\cf2\super [28]} \par Why? Because \{you will cry for\}\par the children you love.\par Make yourself bald like an eagle {\cf2\super [29]} \par \{and show your sadness\}.\par Why? Because your children\par will be taken away from you.\par
“You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, you must not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.