Deuteronomy 14:1-2
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Pagan Practices Forbidden
14 “You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.(A) 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(B)
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Deuteronomy 14:1-2
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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. 2 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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- Deuteronomy 14:1 Or “sons”
- Deuteronomy 14:1 Or “cut”
- Deuteronomy 14:1 Literally “you shall not make/place baldness between your eyes”
- Deuteronomy 14:2 Or “face”
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