Deuteronomy 14:1

You are children ¹  of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald ²  for the sake of the dead.

Ge 6:2,4; Ex 4:22,23; Le 19:27,28; Le 21:5; Ps 82:6,7; Jer 3:19; Jer 16:6; Jer 41:5; Jer 47:5; Ho 1:10; Joh 1:12; Joh 11:52; Ro 8:16; Ro 9:8,26; 2Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; 1Th 4:13; Heb 2:10; 1Jo 3:1,2,10; 1Jo 5:2

¹ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); TEV, NLT “people.”

² sn Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald. These were pagan practices associated with mourning the dead; they were not be imitated by God’s people (though they frequently were; cf. 1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; Hos 7:14 [LXX]; Mic 5:1). For other warnings against such practices see Lev 21:5; Jer 16:5.