Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness on their heads, nor cut away the hair of their beards, nor scarify their flesh with marks.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
4But a chief among his people (the high priest) shall not defile himself, to make himself profane.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:6And Mosheh said to Aharon and to Elazar and to Ithamar his sons, Make not bare your heads, nor rend your garments, lest you die, and wrath be upon all the congregation; but let your brethren and all the house of Israel bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled;
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 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →