Dreadlocks

7 passages

1. Numbers 6:5

   For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.

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2. Judges 16:13

   Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

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3. Ezekiel 44:20

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

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4. 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.

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5. Judges 16:19

   And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

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6. Ezekiel 8:3

   He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

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7. 1 Samuel 1:11

   And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

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