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‏ Leviticus 21:1-7

There Lev 21:11, Lev 10:6-7; Num 19:14, Num 19:16; Ezek 44:25

Or, the verse may be read, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc. Ezek 24:16-17

not make baldness This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head (Lev 19:27), and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol. Lev 10:6, Lev 19:27-28; Deut 14:1; Isa 15:2, Isa 22:12; Jer 16:6, Jer 48:37; Ezek 44:20; Amos 8:10; Mic 1:16

the corner The Hebrew peath zakon, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac phatho signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, χφεφι τΰδ, those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations.

holy Lev 21:8, Lev 10:3; Exod 28:36, Exod 29:44; Ezra 8:28; 1Pet 2:9

profane Lev 18:21, Lev 19:12; Mal 1:6, Mal 1:11-12

bread Lev 3:11; Ezek 44:7; Mal 1:7

therefore Isa 52:11

that is a whore Lev 21:8; Ezek 44:22; 1Tim 3:11

put away Deut 24:1-4; Isa 50:1