Deuteronomy 14:1

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Summary

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

The children

Ye shall not

Bible References

The children

the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn,

I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)

The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God's children.

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

Ye shall not

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia's power?

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.