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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 14:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:1-21 See “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note. 14:1 cut yourselves: This pagan custom was usually associated with mourning rites, perhaps to induce the dead to come back to life (see 1 Kgs 18:28; Zech 13:4-6). • shave the hair: This practice also pertained to lament for the dead (see Lev 19:27-28; 21:5-6), but the exact meaning of this rite is unknown.
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