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Leviticus 21:5

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

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Leviticus 21:5 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 14:1 (9 votes) and Ezekiel 44:20 (8 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Leviticus 10 to Micah 1.

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Which verses does Leviticus 21:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Deuteronomy 14:19 votes

    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

  2. Ezekiel 44:208 votes

    They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

  3. Leviticus 19:27–284 votes

    You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  4. Leviticus 10:62 votes

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

  5. Isaiah 15:22 votes

    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

  6. Isaiah 22:122 votes

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

  7. Jeremiah 16:62 votes

    “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

  8. Jeremiah 48:372 votes

    For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

  9. Amos 8:102 votes

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

  10. Micah 1:162 votes

    Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

Which verses point to Leviticus 21:5?

The 10 strongest of 13.