cut the corners of their hair

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Originally Posted by Ferd

I believe the word hair refers to beard.

ref:

Leviticus 19:27
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

But this says 'round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard', so it must have been two separate things.

And I'm trying to figure out why God felt so strongly about it. It's mentioned in several different places. God really didn't like it, but I can't find where it says why.