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Leviticus 21:5
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 21:5
New Catholic Bible
5 “ ‘Priests must not shave their heads bald nor trim their beards nor shall they cut their flesh.[a]
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- Leviticus 21:5 Cut their flesh: the pagan custom of defiling their body as a sign of mourning was not to be tolerated among the priests.