(S. H. Kellogg, D. D.), Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.--An injunction not to mar the beard might hardly appear necessary, since it is well known with what pride and scrupulous care the beard was cultivated by the Hebrews and other Eastern nations; that it was deemed the greatest ornament of a man, a badge of his dignity, and a type of his vigour and perfect manhood; beard and life were hence often employed as synonymous, and oaths were confirmed, and blessings bestowed, by invoking the one or the other’; suppliants, desirous to give the utmost solemnity to their appeals, touched the beards of those they addressed; and a mutilation of the beard was looked upon as an unbearable disgrace, and often regarded as more calamitous than death. Cut your hair, &c. This, and other such like things, of themselves indifferent, were forbidden by God, that they might not imitate the Egyptians or other infidels, who practised these things out of superstition, in honour of their false deities. Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:37. 3. ch. If the hair was rounded, and dedicated for purposes of this kind, it will at once account for the prohibition in this verse. 4. ch. (2) The immediate context of Leviticus 19:27-28 suggests that Moses was attempting to inoculate Israel against the emulation of certain heathen practices related to idolatry. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rbc/leviticus-19.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tbi/leviticus-19.html. 672.” — Adam Clarke, in loco. The corners of your heads — That is, your temples; ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. Leviticus 19-27 King James Version (KJV). Copyright StatementThese files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. — It seems probable that this fashion had been learned by the Israelites in Egypt, for the ancient Egyptians had their dark locks cropped short or shaved with great nicety, so that what remained on the crown appeared in the form of a circle surrounding the head, while the beard was dressed into a square form. also 1 Kgs. But though this were a thing in itself indifferent, yet God would not allow His people to be at liberty to practice it, that, like children, they might learn from these slight rudiments, that they would not be acceptable with God, unless they were altogether different from uncircumcised foreigners, and as far as possible from following their examples; and especially that they should avoid all ceremonies whereby their religion was testified. ... Leviticus has a lot to say about incest, although what it means isn't completely obvious. 1859. not round the corners of your heads: i.e. This verse also provides incontrovertible proof that even God thinks hipsters are annoying. Ye shall not round the corners your heads - This and the following verse evidently refer to customs which must have existed among the Egyptians when the Israelites sojourned in Egypt; and what they were it is now difficult, even with any probability, to conjecture. In the next verse, God says, “You shall be holy, for I the L ORD your God am holy.” Holy means “sacred” and “set apart.” The points that follow are designed to set Israel apart, and if observed, these statutes and judgments would keep Israel undefiled. 21:5 These grieving rites are somehow connected to pagan rituals (cf. 27. The same custom was observed by the Syrians, (Lucian) Idumeans, &c. (Jeremias ix. 1871-8. The extremities of the hairs of the head, round about, on the forehead, temples, and behind the ears; this is done, as Jarchi says, when any one makes his temples, behind his ears, and his forehead alike, so that the circumference of his head is found to be round all about, as if they had been cut as with a bowl; and so the Arabians cut their hair, as HerodotusF2Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 8. reports; see Gill on Jeremiah 9:26. neither shall thou mar the corners of thy beard; by shaving them entirely; Jarchi and other Jewish writers say, there are five of them, two on the right, as Gersom reckons them, one on the upper jaw, the other on the nether, and two over against them on the left, and one in the place where the nether jaw joins the right to the left, the chin; the same observes, that it was the manner of idolaters to do the above things; and MaimonidesF3Moreh Nevochim, par. 5:14). The corners of your heads; i.e. Too, ancient archaeological evidence indicates that some of the Canaanites would tattoo themselves with the names or symbols of their favorite “gods.” This appears to be what the prophet is condemning, not the modern custom of “esthetic” tattooing – regardless of how distasteful such a practice may be to many people. There is no doubt but that it was usual for the Gentiles, out of superstition, to cut marks (31) upon their faces, to trim the hair in certain steps or circles, and in their mourning to lacerate their flesh, or to disfigure it with marks. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/leviticus-19.html. 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. In some countries the beard was the distinctive mark of free men. Not round the corners of your heads — That is, cut the hair in a circle from temple to temple, as Herodotus relates that some Arabs did in honour of their god. 1865-1868. And the like is to be thought concerning the beard or the hair in the corner, that is, corners of the beard. Christians must attempt to employ sound judgment in such matters, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling (1 Tim. In mourning the chin was also shaved. One must be very careful about trying to use Old Testament passages as proof-texts for what one may or may not practice in the Christian age. It seems probable that this fashion had been learned by the Israelites in Egypt; because the ancient Egyptians had their dark locks cropped short or shaved with great nicety, so that what remained on the crown appeared in the form of a circle surrounding the head, whilst the beard was dressed into a square form. The verse in the Bible that most Christians make reference to is Leviticus 19:28, which says,"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord." "That the ancients were very violent in their grief, tearing the hair and face, beating the breast, etc., is well known. A strong presumption, therefore, arises that he had in mind by these regulations to combat some superstitious practices of the Egyptians. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". 1909-1922. Leviticus 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads. For example, the prophet forbids “cutting the flesh” in the passage under consideration; yet no one contends that medical surgery is being condemned. Also, in opposition to heathen usage, the beard must be permitted to grow equally over all the lower part of the face. 1871-8. 3:, ch. This was an idolatrous practice. --- Superstition and affected delicacy in curling, &c., are to be avoided. (3) Since the New Testament does not address the issue of tattooing specifically, one must be guided by principle. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/leviticus-19.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/leviticus-19.html. Hence the Arabs are ironically called “those with the corner of their hairpolled” (Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:32). The Weekly Observance of the Lord’s Supper. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. 9 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above. "E.W. BibliographyBenson, Joseph. 1999. 1. 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. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". All rights reserved. 8. Diuque capite demisso, cervices lubricis intorquentes motibus, crinesque pendulos rotantes in circulum, et nonnunquam morsibus suos incursantes musculos, ad postremum ancipiti ferro, quod gerebant, sua quisque brachia dissecant.” — Metam. Σπερχει 'αλλως σοι γε πατηρ ηρησατο Πηλευς. "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". It was the object of salutation (2 Samuel 20:9), and the mutilation of it was looked upon as the greatest disgrace and most degrading punishment (2 Samuel 10:4; Isaiah 7:20; Ezra 5:1-5, &c.). 184-185). (28) Cuttings in your flesh for the dead. For there is nothing to which men are more prone than to conform themselves to the customs of others; and hence it arises, that they mutually communicate each other’s vices. King James Version. From Virgil we learn that the topmost lock of hair was dedicated to the infernal gods; see his account of the death of Dido: -, "Nondum illi flavum Proserpina vertice crinem, Abstulerat, Stygioque caput damnaverat orco. There are restrictions about how the man’s hair was to be cut, and the manner in which his beard might not be trimmed. It requires leaving certain portions of one’s crops unharvested (in the interest of the poor). --- Beard. c. The reason then of this prohibition is, because God would not have his people agree with idolaters, neither in their idolatries, nor in their excessive sorrowing, nor so much as in the appearances of it. (KJV 17:10-11) If you hop a TARDIS back to ancient Israel, don't order your steak rare. This the Gentiles did, either for the worship of their idols, to whom young men used to consecrate their hair, being cut off from their heads, as Homer, Plutarch and many others write; or in funerals or immoderate mournings, as appears from Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:37. 25.) https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/leviticus-19.html. The same thing appears more clearly from the passage in Deuteronomy, which next follows, wherein Moses condemns cutting themselves, and making themselves bald for the dead in connection with each other, as if they were one thing; and confirms the law by a general argument, that they might withdraw themselves from every pollution as the children of God; since they were chosen to be His peculiar people; as much as to say, that God’s grace would be altogether frustrated, if they did not differ at all from foreign nations. Leviticus 19:28; Ephesians 2:14; Colossians 2:14; Leviticus 19; Leviticus 19:27-28; 1 Timothy 5:14, Jackson, Wayne. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". 8.; iv. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? And the like is to be thought concerning the beard or the hair in the corner, i.e. Leviticus. But, to some extent, this is a matter of taste and judgment. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". And the like is to be thought concerning the beard, or the hair in the corner, that is, corners of the beard. λπ . Lev. 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,. ©2020. This offering to the infernal gods I bear; Thus while she spoke, she cut the fatal hair. The Holy Bible: King James Version. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". From the images and paintings which remain of the ancient Egyptians, we find that they were accustomed to shave the whole hair off their face, except merely that upon the chin, which last they cut off only in times of mourning. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, Ye shall not round the corners your heads -, Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall thou mar the corners of thy beard, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Others think that this refers to a superstitious funeral rite; which they collect from the next verse, from ch. Ver. (lib. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, etc. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. Those curling locks which from his youth he vowed. But the design of Moses in magnifying the extraordinary goodness of God, was that they might the more abhor that impure cornmixture, which, by bringing them on a par with the Gentiles, degraded them from this high honor. " For experience teaches how greatly the true worship of God is obscured by anything adscititious, and how easily foul superstitions creep in, when the comments of men are tacked on to the word of God. (Tirinus). The Divine Pattern of Acceptable Worship—Part 2, The President, Adultery, and “Baptist Rules”. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. 3. c. 37. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/leviticus-19.html. New York. But they were made in opposition to some profane customs of the surrounding nations. The Holiness of the Priests: 1 : And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:: 2 : but for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". Separated and devoted to the service of God, to be given to the priest, or to be bought again of him. See Ezechiel viii. The ancient scholiast says, this was left in honour of Saturn. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". 21 Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “Talk to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say to them, ‘No one should defile himself for a dead person* among his people.+ 2 But he may do so for a close blood relative, for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 and he may defile himself for his sister if she is a virgin who is near to him and has not yet married. When new fruit trees were planted, none of the fruit was to be eaten for the first three years. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/leviticus-19.html. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. Herodotus observes that the Arabs shave or cut their hair round, in honor of Bacchus, who, they say, had his hair cut in this way, lib. Leviticus 19 King James Version (KJV). "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". And sacred threw to Sperchius' honored flood. In that vain hope these hairs no longer grow; Patrocius bears them to the shades below. This was done by the Arabs, and other worshippers of the god Orotal. ISSN: 1559-2235. 1905-1909. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". Leviticus 21:1 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:" “Defiled”: Coming into contact with a corpse (Num. Leviticus 21 English Standard Version (ESV) Holiness and the Priests. The Biblical Illustrator. Leviticus 19:27-28 King James Version (KJV). Leviticus 19:27. iv. In this manner the Chinese cut their hair to the present day. iii. Holman Bible ... Leviticus 19:27-28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:27. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/leviticus-19.html. Jeremiah 16:6. That is, they are not to shave off the hair around the temples and behind the ears, so as to leave the head bald except a dish-like tuft upon the crown, thus imparting to their heads the form of a hemisphere. It was only in seasons of sorrow that the Hebrews neglected their beards; and sometimes, to show how deeply they were afflicted, they covered them up, or even cut them off, or tore them out (2 Samuel 19:24; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5, &c.). 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. All the castes of the Hindoos bear on their foreheads, or elsewhere, what are called sectarian marks, which not only distinguish them in a civil, but in a religious point of view, from each other. BibliographyCalvin, John. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Several of our own countrymen wear this said hair in a curious form; for what purposes they know best: we cannot say precisely that it is the ancient Egyptian custom revived. How about permanent eye-liner? D.). Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. But great Achilles stands apart in prayer. The same thing was also commonly practiced by others; inasmuch as the world is easily deceived by external ceremonies. The Book of Leviticus Interpreted and Explained according to its Spiritual or Internal Sense Study the original Hebrew/Greek with qBible. It depends on who you ask. The reason then of this prohibition is, because God would not have his people agree with idolaters, neither in their idolatries, nor in their excessive sorrowing, no, nor so much as in the appearances and outward significations or expressions thereof. Leviticus 21:5 and from Deuteronomy 14:1 and this latter seems the most probable interpretation: for it is certain, this was an ancient heathen custom in token of excessive mourning. KJV Leviticus 19 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 'Herodotus," b. So vowed my father, but he vowed in vain. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". "Does the Old Testament Condemn Tattoos?" 27. KJV: King James Version . May they pierce their ears? Bible Word Meanings. `You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. (Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23, where “in the utmost corners” means having the corners of their hair cut.) We learn from Homer that it was customary for parents to dedicate the hair of their children to some god; which, when they came to manhood, they cut off and consecrated to the deity. According to Leviticus, blood is life and life is sacred. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. That is, they are not to shave off the hair around the temples and behind the ears, so as to leave the head bald except a dish-like tuft upon the crown, thus imparting to their heads the form of a hemisphere. laman Flesh has several meanings just in its most obvious form. The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rites (cf. BibliographyTrapp, John. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Keeping the Sabbath is enjoined, etc. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Leviticus 19:27". 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,: א וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָֹ֖ה אֶל־משֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר:: 2 Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. 19:14), made one unclean. Ye shall not round.] It is a fundamental aspect of Bible doctrine that the Mosaic system was abrogated by the death of Christ (Eph. Question: "What was the purpose of the Levitical Law?" It resembles a crown. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. In Leviticus 19:28, the Bible says: ‘Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you; I am the Lord.’ Would not this passage condemn having a tattoo?”. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". 19:11), or being in the same room with one (Num. God forbids his people to imitate them. (1) This same chapter (Leviticus 19) also provides instruction for appropriate conduct in conjunction with offering animal sacrifices. Leviticus 19:24 "But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal]." Thus the Greeks tore, cut off, and sometimes shaved their hair, in mourning for the dead: and we are told, that it was formerly the custom of the widows of Florida, when their husbands were slain, to cut their hair quite off, and to scatter it over their husbands' graves. 1. is of opinion that the reason of the prohibition is, because the idolatrous priests used this custom; but this law does not respect priests only, but the people of Israel in general; wherefore rather it was occasioned by the Gentiles in common cutting their hair, in honour of their gods, as the Arabians did, as Herodotus in the above place relates, in imitation of Bacchus, and to the honour of him; and so with others, it was usual for young men to consecrate their hair to idols; but inasmuch as such practices were used on account of the dead, as Aben Ezra observes, it seems probable enough that these things are forbidden to be done on their account, since it follows, Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. Is it appropriate for women to wear make-up? It may appear surprising that Moses should condescend to such minutiae as that of regulating the fashion of the hair and the beard - matters which do not usually occupy the attention of a legislator - and which appear widely remote from the province either of government or of a religion. This was no doubt cut in some peculiar manner, for the superstitious purposes mentioned above. vol 1:; 'Egypt's Testimony,' p. 123: cf. He says also that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head, lib. neither shalt thou mar, etc. John Trapp Complete Commentary. —It was not only the custom for mourners to let their hair grow long and wear it in a disorderly manner (see Leviticus 10:6), but the bereaved in the East to this day make cuts and incisions in their bodies in mourning for the dead. There are some Christians who believe it is a sin. "Ye shall not cut off the hair from the corners, namely, from the temples and forepart of the head, nor from the extremities of your beards, towards the ear." 175.". But the Hebrews, in order to separate them from the neighbouring nations, or perhaps to put a stop to some existing superstition, were forbidden to imitate this practice. Answer: There is often confusion about the role of the Old Testament Law and how it relates to Christians today. D.), The command means, that the Israelite was not only to worship God alone, but he was not to adopt a fashion in dress which, because commonly associated with idolatry, might thus misrepresent his real position as a worshipper of the only living and true God. This kind of coiffure had a highly idolatrous meaning; and it was adopted, with some slight variations, by the Arabs and other idolaters in ancient times (Jeremiah 9:25-26; Jeremiah 25:23, where "in the utmost corners" means having the extremity of their hair along the forehead, temples, or behind the ears, cut in a circular form: see Robinson's 'Biblical Researches.' 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