Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 14:1

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1. ye shall not cut yourselves . . . for the dead —It was a common practice of idolaters, both on ceremonious occasions of their worship ( :- ), and at funerals (compare Jeremiah 16:6 ; Jeremiah 41:5 ), to make ghastly incisions on their faces and other parts of their persons with their finger nails or sharp instruments. The making a large bare space between the eyebrows was another heathen custom in honor of the dead (see on Jeremiah 41:5- : ; Jeremiah 41:5- : ). Such indecorous and degrading usages, being extravagant and unnatural expressions of hopeless sorrow ( Jeremiah 41:5- : ), were to be carefully avoided by the Israelites, as derogatory to the character, and inconsistent with the position, of those who were the people of God [ Jeremiah 41:5- : ]. Jeremiah 41:5- : . WHAT MAY BE EATEN, AND WHAT NOT. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-deu-14-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/deu-14-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological