Ezekiel 44:20 KJV
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Old Words
- suffer to allow; to permit (also to undergo)
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
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Parallel Passages
- 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.
- Numbers 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
- Leviticus 21:5–24 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. …
- Deuteronomy 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.
- 1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible595–572 BC · Ezekiel
Strong’s Numbers
- Neither shall they shave גָּלַח gâlach
- their heads רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
- nor suffer their locks פֶּרַע peraʻ
- to grow long שָׁלַח shâlach
- they shall only כָּסַם kâçam
- poll כָּסַם kâçam
- their heads רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
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