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Deuteronomy 14:1-2

Context
The Holy and the Profane

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. 14:2 For you are a people holy 3  to the Lord your God. He 4  has chosen you to be his people, prized 5  above all others on the face of the earth.

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[14:1]  1 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); TEV, NLT “people.”

[14:1]  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.

[14:2]  3 tn Or “set apart.”

[14:2]  4 tn Heb “The Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[14:2]  5 tn Or “treasured.” The Hebrew term סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah) describes Israel as God’s choice people, those whom he elected and who are most precious to him (cf. Exod 19:4-6; Deut 14:2; 26:18; 1 Chr 29:3; Ps 135:4; Eccl 2:8 Mal 3:17). See E. Carpenter, NIDOTTE 3:224.



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