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Eze 5:1 — And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause [it] to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the [hair].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

son		In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.
take		Eze 44:20; Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20
then		Dan 5:27

Correlating Passages

take

	Eze 44:20	Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
	Lev 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.
	Isa 7:20	In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

then

Dan 5:27

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 5:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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