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Deuteronomy 14:1
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 14:1
New English Translation
The Holy and the Profane
14 You are children[a] of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald[b] for the sake of the dead.
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- Deuteronomy 14:1 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); TEV, NLT “people.”
- Deuteronomy 14:1 sn Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald. These were pagan practices associated with mourning the dead; they were not to be imitated by God’s people (though they frequently were; cf. 1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; Hos 7:14 [LXX]; Mic 5:1). For other warnings against such practices see Lev 21:5; Jer 16:5.
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