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Deuteronomy 14:1

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Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Romans 9:8

    That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

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  • Leviticus 21:5

    They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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  • Galatians 3:26

    For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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  • Romans 9:26

    And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

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  • Jeremiah 41:5

    That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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  • John 1:12

    But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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  • Romans 8:16

    The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

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