Leviticus 19:27 (YLT)

Passage

`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:25 And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit--to add to you its increase; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:26 `Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

Leviticus 19:27 `Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Leviticus 19:28 `And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:29 `Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "round", "corner", "head", "destroy", and "beard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "round" and "corner", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Ye do not eat with the blood..." into verse 28's "And a cutting for the soul ye...", so "round" and "corner" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "round" and "corner" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.