Deuteronomy 14:1-2
Expanded Bible
God’s Special People
14 You are the ·children [sons] of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not ·cut [lacerate; gash] yourselves or ·shave your heads [L set baldness between your eyes; C to show sadness; mourning customs of the pagan Canaanites]. 2 You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth ·to be his very own [as his special treasure; Ex. 19:5–6].
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Deuteronomy 14:1-2
Amplified Bible
Clean and Unclean Animals
14 “You are the sons of the Lord your God; [a]you shall not cut yourselves nor [b]shave your forehead for the sake of the dead, 2 for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a people for His own possession.
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- Deuteronomy 14:1 These practices were mourning customs associated with paganism.
- Deuteronomy 14:1 Lit make a baldness between your eyes.
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