Ezekiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ¹ 

Leviticus 13:45

The Life of the Person with Skin Disease

13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, ²  his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, ³  and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

Micah 3:7

3:7 The prophets ⁴  will be ashamed;

the omen readers will be humiliated.

All of them will cover their mouths, ⁵ 

for they will receive no divine oracles.” ⁶ 

[24:22]  ¹ tn See v. 17.

[13:45]  ² tn Heb “And the diseased one who in him is the infection.”

[13:45]  ³ tn Heb “and his head shall be unbound, and he shall cover on [his] mustache.” Tearing one’s clothing, allowing the hair to hang loose rather than bound up in a turban, and covering the mustache on the upper lip are all ways of expressing shame, grief, or distress (cf., e.g., Lev 10:6 and Micah 3:7).

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Or “seers.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for there will be no answer from God.”