Deuteronomy 14:1

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You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

² for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

³ You must not eat any detestable thing.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
KJV: Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
WEB: You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
ASV: Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
DARBY: Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.
BLB: You⁺ [are] sons of YHWH your⁺ God; you⁺ shall not cut yourselves, nor make a baldness between your⁺ eyes on behalf of the dead.

ÅB: Dere er Herrens, deres Guds barndere skal ikke skjære dere i deres kjøtt og ikke rake dere skallet over pannen av sorg over en avdød;
OTB: Dere er barn av Herren deres Gud; dere skal ikke skjære dere selv eller barbere et skallet sted på pannen for de døde.
B1930: I er Herrens, eders Guds barn; I skal ikke skjære eder i eders kjøtt og ikke rake eder skallet over pannen av sorg over en avdød;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 9:8
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
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Leviticus 21:5
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
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Galatians 3:26
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Romans 9:26
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
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Jeremiah 41:5
eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
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John 1:12
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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Romans 8:16
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
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