Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5125 Parts of the body and clothing » 5130 beard References to the beard Ezekiel 5:1 See also Judges 16:17; 1 Samuel 21:13; 2 Samuel 20:9; Psalm 133:2 Cutting or pulling the beard In grief Jeremiah 48:37 Moab is in mourning. See also Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5 In dismay In the ceremony of cleansing See also Leviticus 14:9 As an extreme insult 2 Samuel 10:4-5 pp 1 Chronicles 19:4-5; Isaiah 7:20; Isaiah 50:6 Cutting the edges of the beard was forbidden Leviticus 19:27 This is a prohibition still adhered to by some Jews today; Leviticus 21:5 See also
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