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.not make baldness This custom is also called {rounding the corners of the head} Le 19:27
and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol Le 10:6 19:27,28 De 14:1 Isa 15:2 22:12 Jer 16:6 48:37 Eze 44:20 Am 8:10 Mic 1:16
the corner The Hebrew {peakth 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, [], 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.
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Alphabetical: any baldness beards bodies cut cuts edges flesh heads in make must nor not of off on or Priests shall shave the their They
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