Discovery BoxLeviticus 14:9 
Context14:9 When the seventh day comes 1 he must shave all his hair – his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair – and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. 2
Leviticus 21:5
Context21:5 Priests 3 must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. 4
1 tn Heb “And it shall be on the seventh day.”
2 tn Heb “and he shall be clean” (see the note on v. 8).
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (priests, see the beginning of v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and in their body they shall not [cut] slash[es]” (cf. Lev 19:28). The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rites (cf. Lev 19:27-28 above).
