not make baldness: This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head - Lev 19:27, and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol. Lev 10:6, Lev 19:27, Lev 19:28, Deu 14:1, Isa 15:2, Isa 22:12, Jer 16:6, Jer 48:37, Eze 44:20, Amo 8:10, Mic 1:16 the corner: The Hebrew peath zakon, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac phatho signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, קצוצי פאה, those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations. Reciprocal: Ezr 9:3 - off Jer 9:26 - in the utmost corners Jer 47:5 - how Eze 5:1 - take Eze 27:31 - they shall make