⁶ Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; ^(A)neither shall men lament for them, ^(B)cut themselves, nor ^(C)make themselves bald for them.

Improper Mourning

14 “You are ^(A)the children of the Lord your God; ^(B)you shall not cut yourselves nor ^[a]shave the front of your head for the dead.

⁵ that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men ^(A)with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to ^(B)the house of the Lord.

²⁸ You shall not ^(A)make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.

¹⁵ And the ^(A)kings of the earth, the great men, ^[a]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, ^(B)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,

⁵ To the others He said in my ^[a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and ^(A)kill;^{[b] (B)}do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. ^6 (C)Utterly^[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but ^(D)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and ^(E)begin at My sanctuary.” ^(F)So they began with the elders who were before the ^[d]temple.