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 Living Translation (NLT)“Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead. 2For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 3“You shall 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 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
• Exodus 4:22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
• Psalms 82:6I said, “You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.
• Jeremiah 3:19“But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’
• Hosea 1:10“Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘You are sons of the living God.’
• John 1:12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
• John 11:52and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
• Romans 8:16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
• Romans 9:8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18“I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”
• Galatians 3:26For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 2:10For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore 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, when we love God and keep His commandments.
• Leviticus 19:27You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.
• Leviticus 21:5‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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
• Baldness
• Clean
• Cleave
• Cut
• Adoption
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah
• Atonement, Day of
• Burial
• Child; Children

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