1 "You are sons of the Lord your God;  * 14:1 Ex 4:22–23; Dt 32:6 do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head  * 14:1 Or forehead on behalf of the dead,  * 14:1 Lv 19:282 for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession  * 14:2 Ex 19:5; Dt 7:6 out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.