Leviticus 21:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
In context
3 or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
- KJV King James Version
- They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.
- ASV American Standard Version
- They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;
- DBY Darby Translation
- They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.