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 children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. 2For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. 3You must not eat any forbidden 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 humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
• Exodus 4:22You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,
• Psalms 82:6I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’
• Jeremiah 3:19“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.
• Hosea 1:10(2:1) 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!”
• John 1:12But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children
• John 11:52and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)
• Romans 8:16The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.
• Romans 9:8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.
• Galatians 3:26For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
• Hebrews 2:10For 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.
• 1 John 3:1(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.
• 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
• Leviticus 19:27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.
• Leviticus 21:5Priests 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.

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