Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"'They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.

New American Standard Bible

Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“They may not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

International Standard Version

Also, they are not to shave their heads nor let their hair grow long. Instead, they are certainly to trim the hair on their heads.

A Conservative Version

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

American Standard Version

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

Amplified

Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not allow their hair to grow long; they shall only cut short or trim their hair.

Bible in Basic English

They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.

Darby Translation

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.

Julia Smith Translation

And they shall not shave their heads, and shearing, they shall shear their beads.

King James 2000

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And their head they shall not shave, or long hair they shall not let grow; short they shall clip their heads.

Modern King James verseion

Nor shall they shave their heads nor allow their hair to grow long; they shall only trim their heads.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall not shave their heads, nor nourish the bush of their hair, but round their heads only.

New Heart English Bible

"'Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

The Emphasized Bible

And their heads, shall they not shave, Nor let the hair grow long, - They shall only poll, their heads.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

Youngs Literal Translation

And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּלח 
Galach 
Usage: 23

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

פּרע 
Pera` 
Usage: 2

to grow long
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

כּסם 
Kacam 
Usage: 2

כּסם 
Kacam 
Usage: 2

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

The People Serving In The New Temple

19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 20 "'They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads. 21 No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

Cross References

Numbers 6:5

"'All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Leviticus 21:5-24

Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

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