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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

Ezra 9:3

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

5128  baldness
5150  face
5155  hair
5180  shaving
5419  mourning
5893  insults
7340  clean and unclean
7422  ritual