12-20-2020, 01:33 AM
Shalom, we read in Job 1:20: 'At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head.
Then he fell to the ground in worship' when he had learned about his family members having been killed.
It was very tragic for him of course.
My question is why did Job shave his head when the verse in Leviticus states the following: 'Do not cut the hair at the sides
of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.'- Leviticus 19:27?
I have heard that the reason the command in Leviticus 19:27 was given is because the pagans of that time cut their hair in a pagan ritual for their dead. Why did Job shave his head in that instance when the verse says one ought not to?
thank you and blessings.
Then he fell to the ground in worship' when he had learned about his family members having been killed.
It was very tragic for him of course.
My question is why did Job shave his head when the verse in Leviticus states the following: 'Do not cut the hair at the sides
of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.'- Leviticus 19:27?
I have heard that the reason the command in Leviticus 19:27 was given is because the pagans of that time cut their hair in a pagan ritual for their dead. Why did Job shave his head in that instance when the verse says one ought not to?
thank you and blessings.