Deuteronomy 14:1
Context14:1 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.
Deuteronomy 23:8
Context23:8 Children of the third generation born to them 3 may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:41
Context28:41 You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.


[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.
[23:8] 3 sn Concessions were made to the Edomites and Egyptians (as compared to the others listed in vv. 1-6) because the Edomites (i.e., Esauites) were full “brothers” of Israel and the Egyptians had provided security and sustenance for Israel for more than four centuries.