The waters closed over my head; I thought ¹  I was about to die. ² 

The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. ¹  Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

The priest must present it at the altar, pinch off ¹  its head and offer the head ²  up in smoke on the altar, and its blood must be drained out against the side of the altar.

He must bring them to the priest and present first the one that is for a sin offering. The priest ¹  must pinch ²  its head at the nape of its neck, but must not sever the head from the body. ³ 

“‘The high ¹  priest – who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained ²  to wear the priestly garments – must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments. ³ 

“‘If anyone dies very suddenly ¹  beside him and he defiles ²  his consecrated head, ³  then he must shave his head on the day of his purification – on the seventh day he must shave it.

“‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head ¹  at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire ²  where the peace offering is burning. ³ 

Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.

Then I spoke up, “Let a clean turban be put on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood nearby.

You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem ¹  on the turban.

He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

Then he ¹  cut the ram into parts, ²  and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke,

“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, ¹  he is clean.

If his head is bare on the forehead ¹  so that he is balding in front, ²  he is clean.

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. ¹ 

And to help you ¹  there is to be a man from each ²  tribe, each man ³  the head ⁴  of his family. ⁵ 

But as for you, ¹  turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.” ² 

The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. ¹ 

They placed his armor in the temple of their gods ¹  and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.