Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Not make baldness
General references
Bible References
Not make baldness
Deuteronomy 14:1
“You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
Isaiah 15:2 Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
Ezekiel 44:20
“They may not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
Amos 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Micah 1:16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
General references
Leviticus 19:27
You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.
Ezekiel 44:25
A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled. However, he may defile himself for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister.