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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Leviticus 19:26

Certain pagan customs, several of them connected with magic, are here grouped together. The prohibition to eat a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Round the corners of your heads. — That is, they are not to shave off the hair around the temples and behind the ears, so…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

You shall not round the corners. It clearly appears that God had no other object than by the introduction of this obstacle to separate His…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You shall not round the corners of your heads The extremities of the hairs of the head, round about, on the forehead, tem…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the Ten Commandments…

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