1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
Ezekiel 5:1
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Isaiah 7:19–21
19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes. 20 On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs,… 21 …
Ezekiel 21:8–10
8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— 10 it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter…
Jeremiah 48:36–38
36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished. 37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Leviticus 14:8–10
8 The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. 9 On the seventh day he must shave off all his h…
Ezekiel 21:13–15
13 Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD. 14 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a… 15 …
Numbers 6:8–10
8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD. 9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day. 10 On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves…
Numbers 8:6–8
6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. 7 This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves. 8 Then have…
Micah 1:15–16
15 I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam. 16 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…
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