Ezekiel 44:20 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 44:20

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Neither shall they shave their heads - The priests of Isis shaved their heads close to the skin; the priests of Budhoo do so still, their ordinances oblige them to shave their heads every tenth day. To let the hair grow long would have been improper; therefore the Lord commands them to poll - cut the hair short, but not to shave.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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].

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְרֹאשָׁם֙	ve.ro.Sham	and head their	H7218 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ	ye.ga.Le.chu	they will shave	H1548 →
וּפֶ֖רַע	u.Fe.ra'	and hair	H6545 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ	ye.sha.Le.chu	they will let loose	H7971 →
כָּס֥וֹם	ka.Som	surely <trim>	H3697 →
יִכְסְמ֖וּ	yikh.se.Mu	they will trim	H3697 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃	ra.shei.Hem	heads their	H7218 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
leads to
- Romans 9:8
  So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
- Galatians 3:26
  You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Leviticus 21:5
  Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
- Romans 9:26
  and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
- Hebrews 2:10
  In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Through
Numbers 6:5
For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:11
  And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then…
- Judges 16:17
  Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will…
- Judges 13:5
  For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel