1 "You are the sons of the Lord your God; *14:1 These practices were mourning customs associated with paganism.you shall not cut yourselves nor *14:1 Lit make a baldness between your eyes.shave your forehead for the sake of the dead, 2 for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a people for His own possession.