Yǐsījiēshū 44:20

20 Bùkĕ tì tóu , yĕ bùkĕ róng fā liǔ cháng cháng , zhǐ kĕ jiǎn fā .

Yǐsījiēshū 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".

Yǐsījiēshū 44:20 In-Context

18 Tāmen tóu shang yào daì xìmábù guǒ tóu jīn , yào chuān xìmábù kùzi . bùkĕ chuān shǐ shēntǐ chū Hán de yīfu .

19 Tāmen chū dào waì yuàn de mín nàli , dāng tuō xià gòngzhí de yīfu , fàng zaì shèng wū neì , chuān shang biéde yīfu , miǎndé yīn shèng yǐ shǐ mín chéng shèng .

20 Bùkĕ tì tóu , yĕ bùkĕ róng fā liǔ cháng cháng , zhǐ kĕ jiǎn fā .

21 Jìsī jìn neì yuàn de shíhou dōu bùkĕ hē jiǔ .

22 Bùkĕ qǔ guǎfu hé beì xiū de fùrén wéi qī , zhǐ kĕ qǔ Yǐsèliè hòuyì zhōng de chǔnǚ , huò shì jìsī wèi liú de guǎfu .