Deuteronomy 14:1

Deuteronomy 14:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead, 2for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 3“You must not eat any detestable thing.

Deuteronomy 14:1 word by word

בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֧ימוּ קָרְחָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם לָמֵֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• ye shall not cutגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413
• yourselves, nor makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• any baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• between your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• for the deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 14:1

• Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.
• Exodus 4:22And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.
• Psalms 82:6I said, “You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.
• Jeremiah 3:19I thought, “How I long to make you my sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.” I thought, “You will call me ‘My Father’ and never turn away from me.”
• Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
• John 1:12But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
• John 11:52and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.
• Romans 8:16The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,
• Romans 9:8That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.
• Galatians 3:26for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 2:10For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God — for whom and through whom all things exist — should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children — and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.
• 1 John 5:2This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands.
• Leviticus 19:27You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.
• Leviticus 21:5“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Ye are the children of the Lord - The very highest character that can be conferred on any created beings; ye shall not cut yourselves, i. e., their hair, for it was a custom among idolatrous nations to consecrate their hair to their deities, though they sometimes also made incisions in their flesh.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Make any baldness between your eyes - i. e. by shaving the forepart of the head and the eyebrows. The practices named in this verse were common among the pagan, and seem to be forbidden, not only because such wild excesses of grief (compare 1 Kings 18:28) would be inconsistent in those who as children of a heavenly Father had prospects beyond this world, but also because these usages themselves arose out of idolatrous notions.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Israelites to distinguish themselves from other nations. (1-21) Respecting the application of tithes. (22-29) Verses 1-21 Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Here is election; "The Lord hath chosen thee." He did not choose them because they were by their own acts a peculiar…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1cut yourselves: This pagan custom often linked to mourning ceremonies, possibly to try to get the dead to return to life (see 1 Kings 18:28; Zechariah 13:4–6). shave your foreheads: This practice also related to mourning for the dead (see Leviticus 19:27–28; 21:5–6). But the exact meaning of this ceremony is unclear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1De 14:1, 2. God's People Must Not Disfigure Themselves in Mourning. 1. ye shall not cut yourselves ... for the dead--It was a common practice of idolaters, both on ceremonious occasions of their worship (1Ki 18:28), and at funerals (compare Jr 16:6; 41:5), to make ghastly incisions on their faces and other parts of their persons with their finger nails or sharp instruments. The making a large bare space between the eyebrows was another heathen custom in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:1

• Adoption
• Baldness
• Cutting
• God
• Idolatry
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Baldness
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Cutting
• Adoption
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah
• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings