Leviticus 21:1
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Rules for Priests
21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean(B) for any of his people who die,(C)
Leviticus 21:4-5
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4 He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage,[a] and so defile himself.
5 “‘Priests must not shave(A) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards(B) or cut their bodies.(C)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 21:4 Or unclean as a leader among his people
Deuteronomy 14:1
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Clean and Unclean Food(A)
14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
1 Kings 18:28
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28 So they shouted louder and slashed(A) themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
Jeremiah 16:6
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6 “Both high and low will die in this land.(A) They will not be buried or mourned,(B) and no one will cut(C) themselves or shave(D) their head for the dead.
Jeremiah 47:5
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Jeremiah 48:37
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