Ezekiel 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. 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.
The instruction to take a sharp knife and barber's razor upon head and beard, then to weigh and divide the hair, stands within the portion of Ezekiel that serves as a shadow of heavenly things. That portion provides a visible representation of the heavenly sanctuary and true tabernacle. Ezekiel 5:1 therefore belongs to the sanctuary-shadowing and sanctuary-representing section of the book.