Ezekiel 44:20 KJV — MannaFest

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

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ASV

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

WEB

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

YLT

And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.

DBT

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Leviticus 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.
Leviticus 19:27
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Ezekiel 5:1
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
2 Samuel 14:26
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.

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But such an account is given of this gate's being shut as puts honour, 1. It is for the honour of him that the gate of the inner court, at which his glory entered when he took possession of the house, was ever after kept shut, and no man was allowed to enter in by it,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If a man, especially a minister, wear long hair, it is not becoming ( 1 Cor. xi. Concerning their diet; they must be sure to drink no wine when they went in to minister, lest they should rink to excess, should drink and forget the law,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We have the law concerning them Lev. xxvii . (3.) They were to have the first of the dough when it was going to the oven, as well as the first of their fruits when they were going to the barn. God, who is the first, must have the first; and, if it belong to him, his priests must have it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Lord - That glory which was the visible sign of his presence. He - The king might sit before the Lord, others might not. Bread - That part of the sacrifice, which was allowed to the offerer.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Neither . . . shave . . . heads--as mourners do (Le 21:1-5). The worshippers of the Egyptian idols Serapis and Isis shaved their heads; another reason why Jehovah's priests are not to do so. nor suffer . . . locks to grow long--as the luxurious, barbarians, and soldiers in warfare did [JEROME].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

To grow long - Priding themselves in it, as Absalom. Shall only poll - When the hair is grown, they shall cut the ends of their hair, and keep it in moderate size.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EZE 44:20DEU 14:1 ROM 9:8
EZE 44:20DEU 14:1 GAL 3:26
EZE 44:20DEU 14:1 LEV 21:5
EZE 44:20DEU 14:1 ROM 9:26
EZE 44:20DEU 14:1 HEB 2:10
EZE 44:20NUM 6:5 1SA 1:11
EZE 44:20NUM 6:5 JDG 16:17
EZE 44:20NUM 6:5 JDG 13:5

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