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Leviticus 19:27

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

KJV

Neque in rotundum attondebitis comam, nec radetis barbam.

Vulgate

οὐ ποιήσετε σισόην ἐκ τῆς κόμης τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν, οὐδὲ φθερεῖτε τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος ὑμῶν.

LXX

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

ASV

לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁ/כֶ֑ם וְ/לֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
כֶ֖ם
km
noun · 19×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַקִּפִ֥ים
mqpym
verb · 19×
פְּאַת
p't
noun · 86×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
  • Deut 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
  • Ezek 44:20 — Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
  • Isa 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
  • Jer 16:6 — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
  • Jer 48:37 — For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
  • Lev 21:5 — 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.
  • Lev 21:5 — 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.