Ezechiele 44:20

20 E non radansi il capo, nè nudrichino la chioma; tondansi schiettamente il capo.

Ezechiele 44:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:20

Neither shall they shave their heads
As the priests and worshippers of Isis and Serapis did, as Jerom on the text observes; and as the Romish priests now do, from whom the Lord's faithful ministers must be distinguished: nor suffer their locks to grow long;
as the Nazarites, that a distinction might be preserved between those who were and were not such; or rather, after the manner of women, their locks hanging down, and flowing about their shoulders, as a token of levity, wantonness, effeminacy, pride, and vanity; see ( 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:15 ) : they shall only poll their heads;
observe a medium between both; neither shave their heads close, nor let their hair grow long, but keep it in an even moderate length; for which reason godly men of the last age among us were called "round heads".

Ezechiele 44:20 In-Context

18 Abbiano in capo delle tiare line, e delle calze line sopra i lor lombi, non cingansi dove si suda.
19 E quando usciranno ad alcuno de’ cortili di fuori, al popolo, spoglino i lor vestimenti, ne’ quali avranno fatto il servigio, e riponganli nelle camere sante, e vestano altri vestimenti, acciocchè non santifichino il popolo coi lor vestimenti.
20 E non radansi il capo, nè nudrichino la chioma; tondansi schiettamente il capo.
21 E niun sacerdote beva vino, quando entrerà nel cortile di dentro.
22 E non prendansi per moglie alcuna vedova, nè ripudiata; anzi una vergine della progenie della casa d’Israele; ovvero una vedova, che sia vedova di un sacerdote.
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