Leviticus 21:5 Parallel Translations

"You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

DBY:

They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

YLT:

they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

Leviticus 21:5 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 19:27 'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

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.

Ezekiel 44:20 "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. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:5 They shall not make baldness - In funerals, as the Heathens did. Though I allow them to defile themselves for some of the dead, yet in no case shall they use these superstitious rites, which also the people were forbidden to do; but the priests in a more peculiar manner, because they are by word and example to teach the people their duty.

MHC:

21:1-24 Laws concerning the priests. - As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without blemish, and separate from sinners, He executed his priestly office on earth. What manner of persons then should his ministers be! But all are, if Christians, spiritual priests; the minister especially is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shut us out from his service, from these privileges, or from his heavenly glory. Many a healthful, beautiful soul is lodged in a feeble, deformed body. And those who may not be suited for the work of the ministry, may serve God with comfort in other duties in his church.

CONC:

Baldness Beard Beards Bodies Chins Corner Corners Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Edges Flesh Hair Heads Shave Short Tonsures

Baldness Beard Beards Bodies Chins Corner Corners Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Edges Flesh Hair Head Heads Priests Shave Short

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