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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 16:6

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Cut themselves ... make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan customs, but they seem to have remained in common use. By “making bald” is meant shaving a bare patch on the front of the head. return to 'Top of Page'
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