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Ezekiel 5:1

WEB

1“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

KJV

1And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

BSB

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.

FBV

1“Son of man, go and shave your head and your beard using a sharp sword like a barber's razor. Then divide up the hair using a set of scales.

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Extra References

Leviticus 21:5

5“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.

Ezekiel 44:20

20“‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

Isaiah 7:20

20In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

Daniel 5:27

27TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.