Forbidden Practices

14 “You are sons of the Lord your God;(A) do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head[a] on behalf of the dead,(B) for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession(C) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:1 Or forehead

14 “You are children[a] of Yahweh your God; therefore you must not gash[b] yourself, and you must not make your forehead bald[c] for the dead. For you are a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from among all of the peoples that are on the surface[d] of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:1 Or “sons”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:1 Or “cut”
  3. Deuteronomy 14:1 Literally “you shall not make/place baldness between your eyes”
  4. Deuteronomy 14:2 Or “face”