World English Bible

Leviticus 19:27

“You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.”

Verse in context — Leviticus 19

In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.

You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

Laws for holiness, worship, and sacrifice, showing God’s standard of purity for His people.