Isaiah 15:2
They have gone up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the heights to weep; 1 Moab laments over Nebo and over Medeba. 1 All their heads are shaved bare and all their beards are cut off. 1
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Leviticus 13:40If a man's hair has fallen out of his head, he is bald, but he is clean.
Leviticus 21:5Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut their bodies.
Numbers 32:3“This is a list of places we have surveyed: Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
Deuteronomy 14:1You are the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead.
Joshua 13:16Their territory was from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon River gorge, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau by Medeba.
Job 1:20Then Job rose, tore his robe, shaved his head, lay facedown on the ground, and worshiped God.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:2-6
The Burden of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping… Read the whole commentary →