Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

General references

Bible References

Shave

Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make any bald place upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any bald place on your foreheads for the dead.

Nor suffer

Numbers 6:5
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separates himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
1 Corinthians 11:14
Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him?

General references

Leviticus 19:27
You shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shall you disfigure the corners of your beard.