Leviticus 19:27
You shall not shave the hair on your head in a circle, nor destroy the hair of thy beard,
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
In Context
26You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not use enchantments, nor augury by the clouds.
28nor make a cutting for the dead in thy flesh; nor imprint signatures upon you: I am the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:1Children are you before the Lord your God. You shall not lacerate yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:20-30
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of… Read the whole commentary →