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Leviticus 19:27 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 19 · verse 27
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.Leviticus 19:27 · King James Version
Leviticus 19:27 in context
25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
29Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
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Key words (Strong's)
- cornerspêʼâhproperly, mouth in a figurative senseH6285 →
- roundnâqaphto strike with more or less violenceH5362 →
- headsrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- marshâchathto decayH7843 →
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Here is, I. A law against mixtures, Lev 19:19. God in the beginning made the cattle after their kind (Gen 1:25), and we must acquiesce in the order of nature God hath established, believing that is best and sufficient, and not covet monsters. Add thou not unto his works, lest he reprove thee;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-29