Ezekiel 44:20
“Neither shall they shaue their heads, nor suffer their lockes to grow long, they shall only polle their heads.”
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Ezekiel 44:20 Context
18They shall haue linnen bonets vpon their heads, and shall haue linnen breeches vpon their loynes: they shall not girde themselues with any thing that causeth sweat. 19And when they goe forth into the vtter court, euen into the vtter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministred, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctifie the people with their garments. 20Neither shall they shaue their heads, nor suffer their lockes to grow long, they shall only polle their heads. 21Neither shall any priest drinke wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22Neither shall they take for their wiues a widow, or her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 44:20
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
- King James Version
"Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim {the hair of} their heads.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.
- Basic English Bible
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.
- Darby Bible
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
- Webster's Bible
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
- World English Bible
And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 44:20
44:20 To grow long - Priding themselves in it, as Absalom. Shall only poll - When the hair is grown, they shall cut the ends of their hair, and keep it in moderate size.