Leviticus 19:27

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Cross-reference

Leviticus 21:5 applies the same prohibition on cutting beard edges to priests, expanding on Leviticus 19:27.

Isaiah 15:2 Contrast

Isaiah 15:2 describes Moabite mourning with shaved heads and cut beards — practices forbidden in Leviticus 19:27.

Jeremiah 48:37 depicts Moab's mourning with shaved heads and cut beards, contrary to Leviticus 19:27.

Deuteronomy 14:1 repeats the prohibition against shaving heads for the dead, directly paralleling Leviticus 19:27.

2 Samuel 10:4 Historical context

In 2 Samuel 10:4, Hanun shaves David's servants' beards — a direct violation of the command not to mar the beard's corners.

1 Chronicles 19:4 Historical context

In 1 Chronicles 19:4, Hanun shaves David's servants' beards, repeating the same violation of the beard law.

Jeremiah 41:5 Historical context

In Jeremiah 41:5, men come with shaved beards in mourning — a practice directly forbidden by the command not to mar the beard.

Ezekiel 44:20 commands priests not to shave their heads, similar to the prohibition on cutting beard edges in Leviticus 19:27.