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


In Context

17 " 'When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

18 They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

19 When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that they do not consecrate the people by means of their garments.

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

21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads.

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.