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Ezekiel 44:20 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 44 · verse 20
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.Ezekiel 44:20 · King James Version
Ezekiel 44:20 in context
18They 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.
19And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shavegâlachproperly, to be baldH1548 →
- headsrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- locksperaʻthe hairH6545 →
- longshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- onlykâçamto shearH3697 →
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God's priests must be regulars, not seculars; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those rules. Directions are here given, I. Concerning their clothes;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-31