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 children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead,
Isaiah 15:2
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off.
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
Ezekiel 44:20
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.
Amos 8:10
I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."
Micah 1:16
"Shave your head and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children. Make yourself bald as an eagle, because they will go from you into exile!"
General references
Leviticus 19:27
"You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard.
Ezekiel 44:25
They are not to come in contact with a dead body, so they don't defile themselves, except in the case of their father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or for an unmarried sister, on whose behalf they may defile themselves.