Leviticus 19:27

You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.

Leviticus 21:5

The priests shall not shave their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their body.

Isaiah 15:2

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba;
Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head is [shaven] bald and every beard cut off; there are cuts (slashes) on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins [all expressions of mourning].

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead,

Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will they be lamented (mourned over with expressions of grief in death), nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them [in mourning].

Ezekiel 7:18

They will also cover themselves with sackcloth; horror will overwhelm them, and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads [as evidence of grief].

Ezekiel 44:20

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.

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