²⁷ You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.

^26 [a]Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and all those who live in the desert who clip off the hair on their temples; for all these nations are uncircumcised (sinful, impure), and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”