What Does Scripture Say About Beards?

A short intro video to the beard of a man. Scripture has a lot more to say about this than most think. For much more detailed info, check out my study here:
www.ministersnewcovenant.org/...
I also recommend this sermon by Pastor John Weaver:
www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninf...

[@ButchNackley]

Many years ago, probably around 1982 or so I grew a beard. I shaved it and pretty much always have since then. However, now that I seek to follow God's word, I'm letting it grow out again. I also observe the Sabbath on its correct day of Saturday. The more I study, the more I find I had not been following scripture for a large part of my life.

[@blueskyscubanut]

Your Saturday was created by Constitine in the 4th century. The true Sabbaths and New Moon Days do not fall properly on the post Constitine calendars. Only about 3% of Jews today follow the same Sabbaths and New Moons that Jesus recognized.

[@blueskyscubanut]

God created the Sun, Moon and stars to know when the real Sabbath is. His calendar is out of reach of mans corruptions. The Bible and a clear view of the night sky is all you need to know when the real Sabbath is. Saturday is not in the bible. Niether is sunday.

[@Danielandmelly]

​@@blueskyscubanuteveryday is the Lord Day . Hallelujah

[@blueskyscubanut]

@@Danielandmelly Laughing... That is true, every day is a gift from God. Genesis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, months, weeks, and for days, and years:"

[@Danielandmelly]

@@blueskyscubanut praise em. Brother

[@christinebuvet7834]

The sermon by John Weaver was so good! Thank you for sharing!

[@YAHaqabNatsariym2701]

I have a beard for this very reason! I am a man who is seeking the face of YAH! He created me to look this way. If you have an issue, take it up with Him.

[@Jeffmacaroni1542]

IF you have an issue with me being clean shaven take it up with Yah. Until someone shows me an actual commands that says, Thou shall grow a beard, I'll continue to be clean shaven, Sad many make beards into a golden calf. As far as not rounding the corners of your beard thats talking about for the dead in pagen practices that were going on 4000 years ago,

[@laaa210]

@@Jeffmacaroni1542 beards grow naturally. Why would the creator give men beards for no reason?

[@westtexasconstruction]

​@laaa210 exactly what I was thinking

[@Fisherman.907]

I agree with bearded man on tractor 😂. If u truly wanna follow in bible’s footsteps follow everything,, don’t pick and choose. Nice beard by the way. 👍

[@HarmonicWave]

I've been growing out my beard for almost a year, but not because I feel it's required. I'm just trying to live a more natural life, as in closer to the way God designed nature to function. Eating real food, making bread from scratch (freshly milled), wearing natural fiber clothing, etc. Having a beard is simply about not messing with my face, just leave it alone and let nature do it's thing. This is how God designed my body.

[@emjmnc]

Here’s my book on the subject that I think you will enjoy: www.ministersnewcovenant.org/uploads/9/1/6/1/9161032/which_side_will_you_choose_final.pdf

[@JerryRSmith]

Here enjoy the knowledge of the Bible he has everyone needs to listen to him more often

[@freedomofsci]

Except he's very mistaken on this and few of his other teachings

[@maksimlavrov]

I agree with you brother. The interpretation that as long as I dont do it for the dead seems like a stretch to me. And by stretch, I mean it doesn't make any sense. But that's just me

[@DarrenShinn]

What a great way to put it. I have been struggling with all my family about this. I feel as you. However it takes great ways to communicate it as you did. Thank you. God bless brother.

[@HunterConstruction]

A beard is a blessing!!!! I’m growing it out now, and no longer cutting my hair

[@scars73]

Thank you!

[@eugenioguerra6583]

I was wondering if I should shave my beard now I’m sure I should not thanks a lot bearded brother from another bearded brother!!!!

[@WoodrowfolloweroftheMessiah]

I agree brother! 👍🏻🙏🏻😀

[@YAHaqabNatsariym2701]

I also want to commend you Mattithyahu because you did very well to compact such a concise answer into such a short time frame. Very well done and many good points hit. I also like your bathroom identification idea! Though mullets May throw off some? LOL

[@NSAJ33]

The Aramaic tanakh says for the seed of Yacob to have them.

[@22BRICKKILLA12]

Where my I ask

[@natsariminspiration]

I never thought anything about a beard until I read not to mar the sides of my beard and it clicked that scripture assumes we have a beard.

[@emjmnc]

💯

[@Ukelicks]

So an Amish beard is ok? I shave a little on my cheeks and neck . . .

[@emjmnc]

I wouldn’t do that brother, but I understand we are all growing and learning and have different views. Shaving on the cheeks and neck destroys the borders. Check out the link in the description to my more detailed, written study.

[@kerleymotorcompanyinc.9062]

Acts 21:23-24. Would shaving the head for a vow not be breaking the law? Leviticus 14. The cleansed leper was commanded to shave his entire body? Just honest questions.

[@emjmnc]

The law requires that the head be shaved at the end of a Nazir vow (Numbers 6:18). So shaving the head is keeping the law in this instance.

[@freedomofsci]

There is no law about hair, its just hair. It's a misunderstanding

[@kerleymotorcompanyinc.9062]

@@freedomofsci I think I am in agreement with you. But what do you believe Leviticus 19:27-28 is stating

[@bmoss9604]

Brother Matthew, I just wanted to let you know the reason you made this video. I believe that the Father commissioned you to make this video at this time for me. I was having a very rough day. I was traveling back from my son's graduation from FSU. It was the flights and over 12 hours with a mask. I should have driven, but that's for another day. Anyway, I got home, face irritated and beard nappy, to a cold house with the furnace not working. I wanted a Calgon moment. I shaved and showered, though I heard that I shouldn't. Literally 5 minutes after getting out of the shower, last night, you posted this video. Thank you.

[@emjmnc]

Love you much brother. Yah works in mysterious ways.

[@JeffSmith-it4tm]

WLC used a verse out of context from Ezekiel 40 something thats for the 1000 mil rein to claim were commanded to grow a beard, i said show me that verse from the torah, they never got back.

[@DudeMaccabeus]

Halleluyah

[@jimmyblotz4343]

Does it say shaving your beard is an abomination like eating unclean or wearing a woman's blouse...just asking?

[@emjmnc]

No

[@bobjames3748]

Grew up in the 60's and 70's im 69 and it was during a time when beards were seen as rebellion first in the 50's with the beatniks, then Vietnam period and I've never liked them because of those. To me it is now a sign of worldliness and I know many a minister doesn't like them , but the Protestant brands have wholeheartedly accepted them. I am a Apostolic Oneness and though there is nothing official against them most of the ministers hold that same view of those tunes, younger Pastors have been having more leeway...but not much. I believe it makes men look old and decrepit and weak and how women can like it ,I don't know. Maybe someone should ask them.

[@FryingPanFarm]

I can’t grow a beard. It’s so patchy and thin. Should I do it anyway?

[@emjmnc]

Yes. The commandment is not to shave, so as long as you’re doing that you are good. Yahweh will reward your obedience.

[@freedomofsci]

No. Beards are irrelevant. Don't listen to him. This is a massive misunderstanding

[@freedomofsci]

@@emjmnc its not a commandment. You're saying it's a sin to cut hair. Shame. Misleading people into burdens

[@thomasshort1784]

@Jared Bennett Grow what you can (that is, if you want to). It varies from one man to the next.

[@ghostpepper5934]

So you’re not allowed to trim the beard?

[@emjmnc]

I haven’t found anything in Torah that forbids trimming and grooming, only shaving.

[@rureadyang]

But you trim or mar the borders of the hair on your lip. Or is this not part of the beard….

[@emjmnc]

I don’t believe mar means trim.

[@mercyletsgo]

What about war and gas masks involving beards?

[@skateforbaker1999]

Im sorry god but my beard grows all the way to the top of my cheeks under my eyes so im gonna cut the edges 😂😂😂

[@Pedant_Patrol]

Can you explain why you say the hair on the head should be long enough to pull?

[@emjmnc]

I get that from Leviticus 19:27a. I think both the first and last part of the verse forbid shaving or cutting close the side of the head or beard. After looking at all the different views and thoughts, I came to the conclusion to at least let my hair and beard grow long enough to be pulled or have locks.

[@Pedant_Patrol]

@Ministers of the New Covenant - Thanks for answering. I thought maybe your conclusion was drawn from another Bible passage or perhaps one of the Targumim or another historical source. I guess it all depends on how one interprets the directive not to round the corners of one's head. I agree with your view that the Hebrew lemma "pe'a" (H6285) probably refers to an edge or border, as opposed to a corner as we would use the word today. This is best understood from the use of the same word in Lev 19.9 and 23.22 in reference to the edge of a field (I think you touch on this in one of your videos as well). All of this would suggest that shaping or creating a cut edge around the borders of the hair or beard goes against Yahweh's will for us; so no shape-ups or goatees for me. However, I don't see anything in Lev 19.27 that speaks specifically to a desired length of hair. Where I see discussions of hair length are Lev 21.5 and Ez 44.20, both of which are directed towards the Priesthood of Yisrael. The former says not to make any baldness on the head, and the latter says not to shave the head or allow the locks to grow long, but to poll the head/hair instead. To the extent that we can use these passages to infer or deduce a general rule for Torah-observant men (non Priests), what it means to bald or shave the head, and how long locks have to grow before they are too long according to Ez 44.20, are both subjective. Apostle Paul's statement about hair length for men in 1 Cor 11 is also somewhat instructive, but doesn't provide specifics. Since polling the hair is clearly acceptable (acc. Ez 44.20), then finding out exactly what it means to poll the hair seems the best solution; but the issue here is that this Hebrew word is only found in that passage! (Oh, brother!) My lexicon says to poll means "to cut, clip, trim, shear"; but how short or long remains a mystery to me. And the LXX provides no help here as the language is quite different. Ultimately, the way I see it, determining the middle ground between shaving/balding the head and letting the locks grow long is something each man will have to do as he is led by the Spirit. What could be more fun and engaging than studying Yah's Torah?! Thank you for your diligent teaching!

[@pamelashuford3058]

Some men can't grow beards and some men have no hair My uncle only had hair on his head...(I have to believe what my father said about...you know...down there...lol I don't think Yah will judge men like that for not being able to grow a beard...IMHO.. ❤❤❤

[@chiefrocker19]

🙏🙏🙏

[@spencergentle8939]

I shave off my mustache and beard everyday because I never wanted a beard, and I would rather go without a beard. And also I did some research the other day and I saw that keeping facial hair on all the time can cause bacteria and other dangerous viruses to grow and possibly spread from person to person. Do you have any thoughts about this?

[@emjmnc]

I just follow what the Creator says in Holy Scripture. I don’t worry about what anyone else says when it goes against what He says. So a beard it is, for me.

[@Desert_Ov_Thee_Real]

What? Do you know how to wash yourself? Grow a beard and you'll be fine.

[@spencergentle8939]

@@Desert_Ov_Thee_Real I can’t. I had a tumor in my left cheek. And since the tumor was so damaging to my facial hair, I cannot grow a beard ever again. The tumor gave me permanent hair loss to my beard.

[@Desert_Ov_Thee_Real]

@@spencergentle8939 oh sorry to hear that. Sorry for my brash reply. Hope you have a great day!

[@thomasshort1784]

@Spencer Gentle As a bearded man myself, I reject such fear-mongering nonsense! The REAL problem is, the guys with beards who are simply TOO LAZY to make an effort to keep them CLEAN (examples: trim it from time to time, even if it's a little snipping here and there, wash it, oil it and, for the love of God and your own SELF-RESPECT, DON'T let it STINK)!

[@david_matheny]

Which of the twelve tribes of Israel do you belong to?

[@ServantofYahshuaHaMashiach]

Benjamin ❤ VANA

[@northoftoofar3772]

Okay, no more shaving. Not that anything will change much. I'm close to 40, but have never been able to grow sideburns. I naturally have a clearly-defined Van Dyke. I am curious, however, what scripture says about long hair on a man. I've always preferred it, so when I started down the path of Torah, I did some digging, but couldn't find any direct commands to keep it a certain length, whether short or long. Obviously, those who take the Nazirite vow wore it long, but that was a specific(and optional) covenant. I'm also aware what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11:14 about nature telling us that long hair on a man is shameful, but I always took "nature" to indicate the cultural context of the region. Roman gentile men pretty much all had short hair, so they would've agreed with his assessment. If he'd been preaching in some areas of Africa, he could've said that a shaved head is shameful on a man, as African men typically wore long dreadlocks, and women would shave their heads. Any thoughts?

[@emjmnc]

Hebrew men generally had longer hair than the nations due to the command in the same verse (Lev. 19:27) about not rounding the borders of the head. Ezekiel says that Yahweh pulled him by a tzitzit of his hair (Ezekiel 8:3), so he had locks of hair (it wasn’t a crew cut, lol). The Nazir vow was a vow of consecration, so it can’t be a sin for a man to have long hair. I think Paul in 1 Corinthians is speaking against men wearing long hair like a female; probably styles and over-doing it in length. The women wore their hair longer than the men.

[@northoftoofar3772]

@@emjmnc That makes sense, and thanks for the reply. I'm a new subscriber, so I haven't gone through much of your content, but I like what I've seen so far. Keep preaching that Kingdom, brother. Shalom.

[@cedarpoplar]

I do labor work. I shave my sides. I shave my noggin. I really have doubts bout shaving my beard. I feel like someone would want me to take my britches off! I don’t mind pretty gals. I just don’t want to see me naked in public!

[@benjaminavick6455]

Who has the right to tell somebody else to do with there own body .

[@bentheredonethat-lx6nh]

Father God does, if you are Born Again. Amen and Alleluia

[@lefthandedleprechaun8702]

There are 2 kinds of people that cannot grow a beard ....Women and Children ... I Am Neither !

[@emjmnc]

😄

[@mak88119]

If you are a Christian you are NOT under the law. The law has three parts, the Moral Law (sin) which is still a sin today the New Testament describes sin as sin, the Ceremonial Law which is for Jews under the Law and the Dietary Laws, again for Jews under the Law. James 2: 10-11 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,” also said, “DO NOT COMMIT MURDER.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. So basically if you break anything under the Law you are guilty of it all. Here is a question for you. Do you sacrifice? if not why not? You are guilty of breaking the Law. I would rather be under the Grace of Jesus Christ and not the Law because under the Law everyone is guilty.

[@RealDefinitionsMatter]

'Break one, you break them all' shows you are a sinner in need of a Savior. That is it. This isn't a license to do nothing. Dividing the commands into categories such as moral, ceremonial, etc is man-made's delineation to dismiss the Scriptures. Sin is sin? That's a vague description. Scripture does define it though. "Sin is transgression of the Law" God's law! 1 John 3:4 What is the New Covenant? It is "writing the Law (Torah) on the hearts (& minds) of the house of Israel and the house of Judah". Jer 31:31-33/Heb 10 Gentiles that come to faith in the God of Israel through the "blood for forgiveness of sins" Of Yeshua are "GRAFTED IN" Rom 11 to the covenants and promises of the Commonwealth of Israel. There is no house of gentile or covenant for gentile's separate from Israel. So, now one must ask, as many Christians reject 2/3rds of the Bible as not for them and say they are part of the New Covenant, what is written on their heart if they outwardly reject Yah's Law/instruction? There is one kingdom, one law, one faith, one marriage supper and one return! I pray we all have eyes to see and ears to hear.

[@danielstewart5689]

Paul makes it clear that men should not have long hair and women should have longer hair for a covering, so if it says women should be shamefaced which I believe means plain, then I guess men should do the opposite..possibly.

[@freedomofsci]

Beards are irrelevant and not everyone can grow them. The cutting of the sides is referring to pagan occult practices involving cutting hair for magic. No commandments to have beards.

[@Th3Pr0digalS0n]

I struggle with it being a command for men to have beards, because I know men who cannot grow them. It would be like commanding women to have children. Many cannot. I myself cannot grow a full moustache. So I am still searching out this matter. Thank you for speakin on this matter

[@emjmnc]

My father-in-law puts it like this: the command is to mar the borders of your beard, not necessarily to grow one, because some men don’t grow hair on their face as well as others. Just don’t shave and you’ll be good. 😃 What grows will grow, and you can keep it trimmed or groomed if you like. I love you brother!

[@Th3Pr0digalS0n]

@@emjmnc I always love hearing your heart on a matter. thank you for sharing.

[@Jeffmacaroni1542]

@@emjmnc IF you have an issue with me being clean shaven take it up with Yah. Until someone shows me an actual commands that says, Thou shall grow a beard, I'll continue to be clean shaven, Sad many make beards into a golden calf. As far as not rounding the corners of your beard thats talking about for the dead in pagen practices that were going on 4000 years ago,

[@jaimeneves3745]

@@emjmnc Hi Matt, I really appreciate your humility. I started losing hair in my early 20's (am now 46). So I have been shaving (the little hair I have left) for a long time...as scripture would say (He is BALD). Is it ok for a balding man to shave his head according to your knowledge of Scripture?

[@emjmnc]

@@jaimeneves3745 I personally wouldn’t die to the commandment, but you cannot help what nature does. Shalom my brother…

[@kaicofer]

Do you obey all the Laws in Laviticus? No pork? No shrimp? No mixed materials in your clothes? Do you stone sinners? The laws in the old testament were written for ancient Hebrews not modern gentiles (Christians). If one wants to wear a beard as a testament to God. Fine. If not Fine.

[@jordan19862000]

No, he doesn’t eat pork, shrimp, or any other unclean animal. Matthew does not wear mixed materials in his clothing either. He talks about wearing fully linen or fully cotton tunics in other videos. He keeps all of the law that applies to him. According to the same law, he isn’t allowed to “stone sinners” because the law required that sentence handed down from a Torah government/theocracy in which the accused would be tried by the elders. We are living in dispersion and exiled right now to the “four corners” of the earth. We don’t have a temple and a Torah based judicial system. Lastly, according to the New Testament, If you follow the Messiah you’re grafted into Israel.

[@coqui1550]

I believe a man could shave his beard or not. Our salvation doesn't depend on that. ✝

[@emjmnc]

But your reward does…

[@latinsho11]

@@emjmnc not really, cause we all die, and when you die you have no more reward, look at Ecclesiastes 9:5

[@mak88119]

@@emjmnc No, we are NOT under the law. These Ceremonial Laws were for the Jews.

[@seasonedsaintsmnstry]

I appreciate the thoughts and the desire to be faithful to Gods Law. I think it is important to understand that a beard, in the OT, was a symbol of commitment and consecration to the LORD. However, the beard regulations were part of the ceremonial law and distinctly instituted to set Israel apart from pagan nations. In the New Covenant, we must remember not to put new wine in old wine skins. Christianity is not a Christian version of Judaism. The New Covenant is altogether different which means that Judaism is null and void - obsolete (Hebrews). What separate's us today is our commitment to Christ and our love for one another. Our Lord said, "By this all men will know you are my disciples, that you love one another." Not facial hair, not dietary law, not clothing laws etc. Now with that being said, I think the New Covenant emphasizes a difference in genders and we are to celebrate that. I would love all men to wear some type of facial hair....its masculine. Who is more pleasing to God? A bearded man without love or an un-bearded man who loves Christ, His word and His people? The un-bearded man.

[@Marcia-cg4ti]

I do believe you were not to do those things to the beard that the pagans were doing. A man doesn't have to have a beard but if they do don't do what the pagans do. What about Indians that don't have facial hair? There are peoples who can't grow beards. Sean has a video on beards. Do not shave like the pagans did is what that is all about, they did strange things to their beards, not that you should all where beards. If you do were a beard do not shave it in the ways of the pagans, not that you have to have a beard

[@emjmnc]

Every man who shaves would have a beard if they didn’t shave. It was the heathen nations who were sometimes clean shaven. Joseph was even made to shave after being released from prison and before coming into the Pharaoh’s presence. Also, the command is against destroying the beard, not having a huge beard. Some men grow one better than others, but that doesn’t mean a man who can’t grow a big beard is sinning. He too can not destroy his beard by shaving.

[@freedomofsci]

Exactly. He doesn't understand what he's talking about

[@HeartNDagger18]

I heard those Indians would pluck their facial hairs.

[@numbersix7193]

You’re just looking for an excuse to not shave.

[@mikenikolovski8792]

hey man you need to shave your head..

[@emjmnc]

Not gonna happen

[@beautifulzion5791]

Growing a beard in traditional Bible communities is a sign a man is off the market

[@tylerleeger5034]

Nice beard!! But all the other crap is nonsense lol seriously

[@flatearthpapa9677]

LOL that's why I don't trust Ken and Sean their facesa are naked😂