Ezekiel 44:20
Ezekiel chapter 44 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
Context
v.19And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.
v.20This passage
v.21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:5
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.
- Numbers 6:5
All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
- 1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
- Deuteronomy 14:1
Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.