- not make baldness:
- This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head ("Ye shall not¹ roundª° the cornersª of your heads,ª neither¹ shalt thou marª°¹ the cornersª of thy beard.ª" {Lev 19:27}), and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol. "And Mosesª saidª° unto¹ Aaron,ª and unto Eleazarª and unto Ithamar,ª his sons,ª Uncoverª° not¹ your heads,ª neither¹ rendª° your clothes;ª lest¹ ye die,ª° and lest wrath²° come¹ upon¹ all¹ the people:ª but let your brethren,ª the whole¹ houseª of Israel,ª bewailª°¹ the burningª which¹ the LORDª hath kindled.ª°" {Lev 10:6} + "Ye shall not¹ roundª° the cornersª of your heads,ª neither¹ shalt thou marª°¹ the cornersª of thy beard.ª ... Ye shall not¹ makeª° any² cuttingsª in your fleshª for the dead,ª nor¹ printª° any marksª¹ upon you: I¹ [am] the LORD.ª" {Lev 19:27-28} + "Ye¹ [are] the childrenª of the LORDª your God:ª ye shall not¹ cut²° yourselves,¹ nor¹ makeª° any baldnessª between¹ your eyesª for the dead.ª°" {Deu 14:1} + "He is gone upª° to Bajith,ª and to Dibon,ª the high places,ª to weep:ª Moabª shall howlª° over¹ Nebo,ª and over¹ Medeba:ª on all¹ their headsª [shall be] baldness,ª [and] every¹ beardª cut off.²°¹" {Isa 15:2} + "And in that¹ dayª did the Lordª GODª of hostsª callª° to weeping,ª and to mourning,ª and to baldness,ª and to girdingª° with sackcloth:ª" {Isa 22:12} + "Both the greatª and the smallª shall dieª° in this¹ land:ª they shall not¹ be buried,ª° neither¹ shall [men] lamentª° for them, nor¹ cut²° themselves,¹ nor¹ make themselves baldª° for them:" {Jer 16:6} + "For¹ every¹ headª [shall be] bald,ª and every¹ beardª clipped:ª° upon¹ all¹ the handsª [shall be] cuttings,²¹ and upon¹ the loinsª sackcloth.ª" {Jer 48:37} + "Neither¹ shall they shaveª° their heads,ª nor¹ suffer their locksª to grow long;ª° they shall only²° pollª°¹ their heads.ª" {Ezk 44:20} + "And I will turnª° your feastsª into mourning,ª and all¹ your songsª into lamentation;ª and I will bring upª° sackclothª upon¹ all¹ loins,ª and baldnessª upon¹ every¹ head;ª and I will makeª° it as the mourningª of an onlyª [son], and the endª thereof as a bitterª day.ª" {Ams 8:10} + "Make thee bald,ª° and pollª° thee for¹ thy delicateª children;ª enlargeª° thy baldnessª as the eagle;ª for¹ they are gone into captivityª° from¹ thee." {Mic 1:16}
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