20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads.


In Context

17 And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments: neither shall any woollen come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court and within.

18 They shall have linen mitres on their heads, and linen breeches on their loins, and they shall not be girded with any thing that causeth sweat.

19 And when they shall go forth to the outward court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them up in the store chamber of the sanctuary, and they shall clothe themselves with other garments: and they shall not sanctify the people with their vestments.

20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads.

21 And no priest shall drink wine when he is to go into the inner court.

22 Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest.

Ezekiel 44:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:20" 'They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:20And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.