The Bible treats hair as something consecrated to God, counted by God, cut off in grief and praised as beauty. The Nazirite law of Numbers 6 and the story of Samson in Judges 13-16 turn on hair that no razor touches, and Jesus speaks of the hairs of the head in Matthew 10 and Luke 21. Job and Ezra cut or pull out hair in mourning, Jeremiah 7:29 tells the people to cut off theirs, and Ezekiel 5 turns a…
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