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Ezekiel 5:1

Ezekiel 5:1 is verse 1 of Ezekiel chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

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King James Version

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

World English Bible

“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

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Ezekiel 5:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

2 When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.

3 But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

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Hebrew words

וְאַתָּ֨הand youבֶןO son ofאָדָ֜םhumankindקַחtakeלְךָ֣<for> yourselfחֶ֣רֶבa swordחַדָּ֗הsharpתַּ֤עַר<the> razor ofהַגַּלָּבִים֙<the> barbersתִּקָּחֶ֣נָּהyou will take itלָּ֔ךְ<for> yourselfוְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥and you will make [it] passעַלoverרֹאשְׁךָ֖head yourוְעַלand overזְקָנֶ֑ךָbeard yourוְלָקַחְתָּ֥and you will takeלְךָ֛<for> yourselfמֹאזְנֵ֥יscales ofמִשְׁקָ֖לweightוְחִלַּקְתָּֽםand you will divide them

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezekiel 44:20

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

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.

Isaiah 7:20

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

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