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 the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
Isaiah 15:2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head isbald and every beard is cut off.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is
Isaiah 22:12 Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
Toshaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
To
Jeremiah 16:6
Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
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.
Amos 8:10 “Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs intolamentation;
And I will bringsackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make itlike a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
And all your songs into
And I will bring
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
Micah 1:16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they willgo from you into exile.
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will
General references
Leviticus 19:27 You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.
Ezekiel 44:25 They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.