Ezekiel 44:20

And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their hair; they shall carefully cover their heads.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

In Context

19And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall not sanctify the people with their robes.

21And no priest shall drink any wine, when they go into the inner court.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:5And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.

Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:18-31

Directions Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 574.) 17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court… Read the whole commentary →

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