²⁷ “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.

Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals

14 “Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.

⁵ “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.

²⁰ “They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow too long. Instead, they must trim it regularly.

³⁷ The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap.

⁶ Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.