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(A) Don't shave any part of your head or trim your beard or cut yourself to show that you are mourning.

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“‘Priests must not shave(A) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards(B) or cut their bodies.(C)

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Don't Mourn like Other Nations

Moses said:

14 (A) People of Israel, you are the Lord's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 14.1 when you mourn … forehead: Or “you must not worship Baal, cutting yourselves and shaving your forehead.”

Clean and Unclean Food(A)

14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

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