“Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.”
You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads on behalf of the dead — the prohibition against self-laceration and head-shaving for mourning distinguishes Israel from pagan grief practices. Children of the LORD do not modify their bodies in mourning rituals.
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