Hilchot Obede Cochabim, c. 12. sect. For experience teaches how greatly the true worship of God is obscured by anything adscititious, and how easily foul superstitions creep in, when the comments of men are tacked on to the word of God. See Ezechiel viii. “So many young people are getting tattoos these days. also 1 Kgs. But they were made in opposition to some profane customs of the surrounding nations. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. (S. H. Kellogg, D. D.), Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.--An injunction not to mar the beard might hardly appear necessary, since it is well known with what pride and scrupulous care the beard was cultivated by the Hebrews and other Eastern nations; that it was deemed the greatest ornament of a man, a badge of his dignity, and a type of his vigour and perfect manhood; beard and life were hence often employed as synonymous, and oaths were confirmed, and blessings bestowed, by invoking the one or the other’; suppliants, desirous to give the utmost solemnity to their appeals, touched the beards of those they addressed; and a mutilation of the beard was looked upon as an unbearable disgrace, and often regarded as more calamitous than death. The verse in the Bible that most Christians make reference to is Leviticus 19:28, which says,"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord." But though this were a thing in itself indifferent, yet God would not allow His people to be at liberty to practice it, that, like children, they might learn from these slight rudiments, that they would not be acceptable with God, unless they were altogether different from uncircumcised foreigners, and as far as possible from following their examples; and especially that they should avoid all ceremonies whereby their religion was testified. These regulations would seem beneath the attention of a lawgiver. 1909-1922. In Leviticus 19:28, the Bible says: ‘Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you; I am the Lord.’ Would not this passage condemn having a tattoo?”. The right thing to do with blood is to offer it back to giver of life, namely, God. ii. BibliographyCalvin, John. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". c. It seems probable that this fashion had been learned by the Israelites in Egypt; because the ancient Egyptians had their dark locks cropped short or shaved with great nicety, so that what remained on the crown appeared in the form of a circle surrounding the head, whilst the beard was dressed into a square form. In this manner the Chinese cut their hair to the present day. Christians must attempt to employ sound judgment in such matters, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling (1 Tim. From the images and paintings which remain of the ancient Egyptians, we find that they were accustomed to shave the whole hair off their face, except merely that upon the chin, which last they cut off only in times of mourning. 1840-57. 25.) 3:, ch. D.), The command means, that the Israelite was not only to worship God alone, but he was not to adopt a fashion in dress which, because commonly associated with idolatry, might thus misrepresent his real position as a worshipper of the only living and true God. Access date: December 13, 2020. https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/246-does-the-old-testament-condemn-tattoos. 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,. And from his head divides the yellow hair. ISSN: 1559-2235. There are restrictions about how the man’s hair was to be cut, and the manner in which his beard might not be trimmed. (See Herodot. Why should we focus on one of these injunctions to the exclusion of the others? BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". Joseph Benson's Commentary. Go to. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/leviticus-19.html. 'Herodotus," b. It depends on who you ask. Sperchius! 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. Thus the Greeks tore, cut off, and sometimes shaved their hair, in mourning for the dead: and we are told, that it was formerly the custom of the widows of Florida, when their husbands were slain, to cut their hair quite off, and to scatter it over their husbands' graves. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. 8, Edit). 1599-1645. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/leviticus-19.html. --- Superstition and affected delicacy in curling, &c., are to be avoided. John Trapp Complete Commentary. In that vain hope these hairs no longer grow; Patrocius bears them to the shades below. (Tirinus) --- The Arabians and Macæ left only a tuft of hair at the top of their head, in imitation of Bacchus. 21:5 These grieving rites are somehow connected to pagan rituals (cf. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". But shaving is so bald a ceremony, that some priests in France are ashamed of the mark, and few of them have it that can handsomely avoid it. 8.; iv. (C. D. Ginsburg, LL. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/leviticus-19.html. Question: "What was the purpose of the Levitical Law?" If the hair was rounded, and dedicated for purposes of this kind, it will at once account for the prohibition in this verse. (Herod. Achilles, at the funeral of Patroclus, cut off his golden locks which his father had dedicated to the river god Sperchius, and threw them into the flood: -, Στας απανευθε πυρης ξονθην απεκειρατο χαιτην,π, Την ῥα Σπερχειῳ ποταμῳ τρεφε τηλεθοωσαν·π, Οχθησας δ ' αρα ειπεν, ιδων επι οινοπα ποντον·π. 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. And the like is to be thought concerning the beard or the hair in the corner, i.e. Leviticus 19 King James Version (KJV). Leviticus 19:28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. The reason then of this prohibition is, because God would not have his people agree with idolaters, neither in their idolatries, nor in their excessive sorrowing, no, nor so much as in the appearances and outward significations or expressions thereof. Leviticus 19:27-28 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". This is the most a wise Bible instructor can say. Because the Arabians their neighbours did so, and they should not be conformed to idolaters. 1874-1909. Copyright StatementThese files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. He says also that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head, lib. Ye shall not round the corners your heads - This and the following verse evidently refer to customs which must have existed among the Egyptians when the Israelites sojourned in Egypt; and what they were it is now difficult, even with any probability, to conjecture. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/leviticus-19.html. (KJV 17:10-11) If you hop a TARDIS back to ancient Israel, don't order your steak rare. lib. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. The same thing appears more clearly from the passage in Deuteronomy, which next follows, wherein Moses condemns cutting themselves, and making themselves bald for the dead in connection with each other, as if they were one thing; and confirms the law by a general argument, that they might withdraw themselves from every pollution as the children of God; since they were chosen to be His peculiar people; as much as to say, that God’s grace would be altogether frustrated, if they did not differ at all from foreign nations. Leviticus 19:1-27. 19:27-28; Deut. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. BibliographyClarke, Adam. Frequently a lock or tuft of hair was left on the hinder part of the head, the rest being cut round in the form of a ring, as the Turks, Chinese, and Hindus do at the present day. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/leviticus-19.html. Leviticus. 175. He says, also, that the Macians, a people of Lybia, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head; (lib. Deuteronomio 14:1. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/leviticus-19.html. Wherefore the Targum of Jonathan adds, at the end of the verse, "redeemed from the priest", a redemption price being given to the priest. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". An old Spartan law forbade the ephori, from the moment of their taking office, to clip their beards; and those who had fled before the enemy in battle were compelled to appear in public with half-shorn beards. iii., cap. "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". 1832. Hebrew, "the angle, or extremity of your beard." This kind of coiffure had a highly idolatrous meaning; and it was adopted, with some slight variations, by the Arabs and other idolaters in ancient times (Jeremiah 9:25-26; Jeremiah 25:23, where "in the utmost corners" means having the extremity of their hair along the forehead, temples, or behind the ears, cut in a circular form: see Robinson's 'Biblical Researches.' This offering to the infernal gods I bear; Thus while she spoke, she cut the fatal hair. 1871-8. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. also 3:11 and 16 in combination with the word for “food” that follows in the next phrase here). All the castes of the Hindoos bear on their foreheads, or elsewhere, what are called sectarian marks, which not only distinguish them in a civil, but in a religious point of view, from each other. Wherefore care was especially to be taken lest the people of Israel should adopt foreign habits, and by this pliableness should fall away from the true worship of God; from whence too the ordinary phrase has arisen, that the word “common” should be used for “unclean.” God then strictly forbids them from declining to the habits of the Gentiles, and confounding the distinction which He had Himself placed between them. 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,: א וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָֹ֖ה אֶל־משֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר:: 2 Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. (Challoner) --- The pagans consecrated locks of hair, and their beard, when it was first cut, to Apollo, the river gods, the hours, Esculapius, &c. Some, at Rome, hung the hair on a tree. 2:14ff; Col. 2:14ff). D.). 3. c. 37. No one can presume to prescribe conduct for everyone else in matters of this nature. Not round the corners of your heads — That is, cut the hair in a circle from temple to temple, as Herodotus relates that some Arabs did in honour of their god. Any practice that is vulgar, gaudy, or a distraction to one’s Christian influence should be avoided. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Lev 19:27-28 above). According to Leviticus, blood is life and life is sacred. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". There are some Christians who believe it is a sin. Leviticus 19:27-28 KJV. - Hunc ego Diti Sacrum jussa fero; teque isto corpore solvo. It clearly appears that God had no other object than by the interposition of this obstacle to sever His people from heathen nations. `You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. But the Hebrews, in order to separate them from the neighbouring nations, or perhaps to put a stop to some existing superstition, were forbidden to imitate this practice. 1. is of opinion that the reason of the prohibition is, because the idolatrous priests used this custom; but this law does not respect priests only, but the people of Israel in general; wherefore rather it was occasioned by the Gentiles in common cutting their hair, in honour of their gods, as the Arabians did, as Herodotus in the above place relates, in imitation of Bacchus, and to the honour of him; and so with others, it was usual for young men to consecrate their hair to idols; but inasmuch as such practices were used on account of the dead, as Aben Ezra observes, it seems probable enough that these things are forbidden to be done on their account, since it follows, Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. "Ye shall not cut off the hair from the corners, namely, from the temples and forepart of the head, nor from the extremities of your beards, towards the ear." iv., cap. But the design of Moses in magnifying the extraordinary goodness of God, was that they might the more abhor that impure cornmixture, which, by bringing them on a par with the Gentiles, degraded them from this high honor. " It was the object of salutation (2 Samuel 20:9), and the mutilation of it was looked upon as the greatest disgrace and most degrading punishment (2 Samuel 10:4; Isaiah 7:20; Ezra 5:1-5, &c.). Ye shall not round.] Several of our own countrymen wear this said hair in a curious form; for what purposes they know best: we cannot say precisely that it is the ancient Egyptian custom revived. Because it was so precious a treasure, it was customary among some of the ancients to present to their gods the firstlings of their beards. Israel must be distinct from her pagan neighbors, even in their … 3. ch. Leviticus 19:28; Ephesians 2:14; Colossians 2:14; Leviticus 19; Leviticus 19:27-28; 1 Timothy 5:14, Jackson, Wayne. The corners of your heads â That is your temples, ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. Leviticus 19:27-28. But the Hebrews, in order to separate them from the neighboring nations, or perhaps to put a stop to some existing superstition, were forbidden to imitate this practice. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". However, it was customary among several nations for young men “to present to their gods the firstlings of their beards”; and it was possibly to prevent the adoption of similar usages among the Hebrews that the injunction was deemed desirable. How about permanent eye-liner? κ. τπ . The prohibition before us alludes to this practice. In the next verse, God says, “You shall be holy, for I the L ORD your God am holy.” Holy means “sacred” and “set apart.” The points that follow are designed to set Israel apart, and if observed, these statutes and judgments would keep Israel undefiled. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". This was done by the Arabs, and other worshippers of the god Orotal. 1. When new fruit trees were planted, none of the fruit was to be eaten for the first three years. Then sighing, to the deep his looks he cast. It requires leaving certain portions of one’s crops unharvested (in the interest of the poor). Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. A strong presumption, therefore, arises that he had in mind by these regulations to combat some superstitious practices of the Egyptians. 19:27, 28), and what was unlawful to them was much more unlawful to the priest. Is it appropriate for women to wear make-up? Leviticus 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads. 4. ch. Those curling locks which from his youth he vowed. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. Leviticus 19:27. The sisters had not cut the topmost hair, Nor made her sacred to the shades below -. 21 Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “Talk to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and say to them, ‘No one should defile himself for a dead person* among his people.+ 2 But he may do so for a close blood relative, for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 and he may defile himself for his sister if she is a virgin who is near to him and has not yet married. Used by Permission. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, etc. Others think that this refers to a superstitious funeral rite; which they collect from the next verse, from ch. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rites (cf. Some of these commands are repetitions of rules stated previously, including the Ten Commandments and instructions for the sacrifices. vol 1:; 'Egypt's Testimony,' p. 123: cf. 1685. Leviticus 21:5 and from Deuteronomy 14:1 and this latter seems the most probable interpretation: for it is certain, this was an ancient heathen custom in token of excessive mourning. The Holiness of the Priests: 1 : And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:: 2 : but for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, There is no doubt but that it was usual for the Gentiles, out of superstition, to cut marks (31) upon their faces, to trim the hair in certain steps or circles, and in their mourning to lacerate their flesh, or to disfigure it with marks. In mourning the chin was also shaved. to cut round, so as to have a tuft of hair, like the Canaanitish priests. Is the Bible Class Arrangement Scriptural? Leviticus 19:27-28 King James Version (KJV). The Jews still observe this direction, and leave the beard from the ear to the chin, (where they let it grow pretty long) and also two mustaches, or whiskers, on the top lip. It is well known that the priests of Cybele (32) made gashes in their flesh with knives and razors, and covered themselves all over with wounds, for the sake of shewing their zeal. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Σπερχει 'αλλως σοι γε πατηρ ηρησατο Πηλευς. 19:14), made one unclean. Verse 1 informs us that God spoke directly to Moses and that he was to share all of this with the children of Israel. New York. Leviticus 21:5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies. The reason then of this prohibition is, because God would not have his people agree with idolaters, neither in their idolatries, nor in their excessive sorrowing, nor so much as in the appearances of it. This the Gentiles did, either for the worship of their idols, to whom young men used to consecrate their hair, being cut off from their heads, as Homer, Plutarch, and many others write; or in funerals or immoderate mournings, as appears from Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:37. The extremities of the hairs of the head, round about, on the forehead, temples, and behind the ears; this is done, as Jarchi says, when any one makes his temples, behind his ears, and his forehead alike, so that the circumference of his head is found to be round all about, as if they had been cut as with a bowl; and so the Arabians cut their hair, as HerodotusF2Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 8. reports; see Gill on Jeremiah 9:26. neither shall thou mar the corners of thy beard; by shaving them entirely; Jarchi and other Jewish writers say, there are five of them, two on the right, as Gersom reckons them, one on the upper jaw, the other on the nether, and two over against them on the left, and one in the place where the nether jaw joins the right to the left, the chin; the same observes, that it was the manner of idolaters to do the above things; and MaimonidesF3Moreh Nevochim, par. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/leviticus-19.html. Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. One must be very careful about trying to use Old Testament passages as proof-texts for what one may or may not practice in the Christian age. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. That is, they are not to shave off the hair around the temples and behind the ears, so as to leave the head bald except a dish-like tuft upon the crown, thus imparting to their heads the form of a hemisphere. Bible Word Meanings. Besides, “marring the cornets of the beard” was a heathen mode of mourning, which was not to be imitated, since it might easily lead to more objectionable perversities. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". "Nec paucis pererratis casulis, ad quandam villam possessoris beati perveniunt, et ab ingressu primo statim absonis ululatibus constrepentes, fanatice pervolant. A strong presumption, therefore, arises that he had it in view by these regulations to combat some superstitious practices of the Egyptians. Diuque capite demisso, cervices lubricis intorquentes motibus, crinesque pendulos rotantes in circulum, et nonnunquam morsibus suos incursantes musculos, ad postremum ancipiti ferro, quod gerebant, sua quisque brachia dissecant, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. (Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 25:23, where “in the utmost corners” means having the corners of their hair cut.) (KJV 19:27-28) Here's another verse guaranteed to make you popular on Reddit's atheism forum. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Mar the corners of thy beard.âThe beard was regarded by the Hebrews and other eastern nations as the greatest ornament of a man, and was as dear to them as life itself. — It seems probable that this fashion had been learned by the Israelites in Egypt, for the ancient Egyptians had their dark locks cropped short or shaved with great nicety, so that what remained on the crown appeared in the form of a circle surrounding the head, while the beard was dressed into a square form. your temples: Ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. This tuft is called sisoe by the Septuagint who seem to have alluded to the Hebrew term tsitsith. « Leviticus 19:26 | Leviticus 19:28 » | Compare: NIV, KJV, NLT, NKJV, NRSV, ESV | Cross references home Leviticus 19:27 You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. It was only in seasons of sorrow that the Hebrews neglected their beards; and sometimes, to show how deeply they were afflicted, they covered them up, or even cut them off, or tore them out (2 Samuel 19:24; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5, &c.). The Holy Bible: King James Version. "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". — The Egyptians used to cut or shave off their whiskers, as may be seen in the coffins of mummies, and the representations of divinities on the monuments. Leviticus 21. ", "Herodotus observes that the Arabs shave, or cut their hair round, in honor of Bacchus; (lib. Virgil represents the sister of Dido: — Unguibus ora — foedans, et pectora pugnis. It resembles a crown. God forbids his people to imitate them. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 1905. But great Achilles stands apart in prayer. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. As to his saying that they were chosen out of all the nations, it does not a little illustrate the gratuitous mercy of God, wherewith He honored them alone, by calling them to the hope of eternal salvation, and passing by the Gentiles; for there was no nobility found in them, nor did they exceed others either in number or in any other superiority, on account of which He should prefer them to the whole world. I am the LORD. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/leviticus-19.html. KJV: King James Version . TODAY ALONG THE WAY The Egyptian mummies have only the beard on the chin. —It was not only the custom for mourners to let their hair grow long and wear it in a disorderly manner (see Leviticus 10:6), but the bereaved in the East to this day make cuts and incisions in their bodies in mourning for the dead. 8:) Frequently a lock or tuft of hair was left on the hinder part of the head, the rest being cut round in the form of a ring, as the Turks, Chinese, and Hindus do at the present day. The people were forbidden to mourn for the dead with superstitious rites (ch. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rbc/leviticus-19.html. ©2020. 672.” — Adam Clarke, in loco. Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: I am the Lord your God. All rights reserved. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". The sowing of two types of seed in the same field is prohibited. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, etc. (NIV, Leviticus 19:27-28) It is a reasonable rule of exegesis that once a context is established we assume it continues as a context to be used until there is a clear break into a new context. This might have been in honor of some idol, and therefore forbidden to the Israelites. The same custom was observed by the Syrians, (Lucian) Idumeans, &c. (Jeremias ix. That is, they are not to shave off the hair around the temples and behind the ears, so as to leave the head bald except a dish-like tuft upon the crown, thus imparting to their heads the form of a hemisphere. See Isaiah 15:2. 5:14). "Does the Old Testament Condemn Tattoos?" 184-185). The law of Moses, therefore, is not the Christian’s standard by which to measure conduct. "That the ancients were very violent in their grief, tearing the hair and face, beating the breast, etc., is well known. Diuque capite demisso, cervices lubricis intorquentes motibus, crinesque pendulos rotantes in circulum, et nonnunquam morsibus suos incursantes musculos, ad postremum ancipiti ferro, quod gerebant, sua quisque brachia dissecant.” — Metam. This was no doubt cut in some peculiar manner, for the superstitious purposes mentioned above. Separated and devoted to the service of God, to be given to the priest, or to be bought again of him. Leviticus 19:24 "But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal]." You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. But, to some extent, this is a matter of taste and judgment. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". This kind of coiffure had a highly idolatrous meaning; and it was adopted, with some slight variations, by almost all idolaters in ancient times. "Commentary on Leviticus 19:27". 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