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Deuteronomy 14

Deut. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye are the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
q of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: ye shall not cut
gadad (Hebrew #1413)
to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
KJV usage: assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.
Pronounce: gaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1464)
r yourselves, nor make
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
any baldness
qorchah (Hebrew #7144)
(Ezek. 27:31) {kor-khaw'}; from 7139; baldness
KJV usage: bald(-ness), X utterly.
Pronounce: kor-khaw'
Origin: or qorcha
between your eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
for the dead
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Jer. 3:19• 19And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me. (Jer. 3:19)
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Rom. 8:16• 16The Spirit itself jointly testifieth with our Spirit that we are God's children; (Rom. 8:16)
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Rom. 9:8,26• 8That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
 26and “It shall be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of [the] living God.” (Rom. 9:8,26)
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Gal. 3:26• 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26)
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Lev. 19:28• 28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:28)
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Jer. 16:6• 6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. (Jer. 16:6)

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Baldness,
Cuttings in the Flesh,
God

Cross References

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1-2:  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning.
3:  What may, and what may not be eaten;
4-8:  of beasts;
9-10:  of fishes;
11-20:  of fowls.
21:  That which dieth of itself may not be eaten.
22:  Tithes of divine service.
23-27:  Tithes and firstlings to be eaten before the Lord.
28-29:  The third year's tithe of alms and charity.
the children.
Gen. 6:2,4• 2that the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind that they [were] fair and they took to them wives of all that they chose.
 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare to them. These [are] the heroes, mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown . (Gen. 6:2,4)
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Ex. 4:22‑23• 22And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.
 23And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn. (Ex. 4:22‑23)
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Psa. 82:6‑7• 6I said, Ye [are] gods,{HR}And all of you sons of the Most High;
 7But ye shall die like men,{HR}And fall like one of the princes. (Psa. 82:6‑7)
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Jer. 3:19• 19And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me. (Jer. 3:19)
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Hos. 1:10• 10Yet, the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it shall be said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. (Hos. 1:10)
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John 1:12• 12but as many as received him, to them he gave authority to become children of God , to those that believe on his name; (John 1:12)
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John 11:52• 52and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad. (John 11:52)
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Rom. 8:16• 16The Spirit itself jointly testifieth with our Spirit that we are God's children; (Rom. 8:16)
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Rom. 9:8,26• 8That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
 26and “It shall be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of [the] living God.” (Rom. 9:8,26)
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2 Cor. 6:18• 18and will be to you for Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty. (2 Cor. 6:18)
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Gal. 3:26• 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26)
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Heb. 2:10• 10For it became him for whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to perfect through sufferings the leader of their salvation. (Heb. 2:10)
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1 John 3:1‑2,10• 1See what love the Father hath given us, that we should be called children of God [and we are]. For this reason, the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
 2Beloved, now are we God's children, and not yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that if he should be manifested we shall be like him, because we shall see him even as he is.
 10Herein are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil: every one that doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:1‑2,10)
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1 John 5:2• 2Herein we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments. (1 John 5:2)
ye shall not.The heathen nations not only did these things in honour of their gods, but in grief for the death of a relative.
Lev. 19:27‑28• 27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
 28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:27‑28)
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Lev. 21:5• 5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (Lev. 21:5)
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Jer. 16:6• 6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. (Jer. 16:6)
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Jer. 41:5• 5that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah. (Jer. 41:5)
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Jer. 47:5• 5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? (Jer. 47:5)
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1 Thess. 4:13• 13But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleep; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope. (1 Thess. 4:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)