Deuteronomy 14:1

“Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.”

"Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead." - Deuteronomy 14:1
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What does Deuteronomy 14:1 mean?

Deuteronomy 14:1 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead." This verse is part of the larger context of Deuteronomy, which is Moses' final address…

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Embracing Our Identity as Children of God

Deuteronomy 14:1 says, "Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead." This powerful verse resonates deeply with the identity that God imparts to us as His children. In the context of the ancient…

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A Prayer of Identity and Holiness

Heavenly Father, In Your presence, we come humbly before You, filled with gratitude and awe for the incredible privilege of being called Your children. As it is written in Deuteronomy 14:1, "Ye are the children of the LORD your God," we pause to reflect on the profound truth…

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Deuteronomy 14:1 - "Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead."
Deuteronomy 1:14 - "And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do."
Deuteronomy 14:14 - "And every raven after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 14:17 - "And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,"
"And every raven after his kind," - Deuteronomy 14:14
Deuteronomy 14:16 - "The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,"
Deuteronomy 14:3 - "¶ Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing."
Deuteronomy 14:11 - "¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat."
Deuteronomy 14:20 - "But of all clean fowls ye may eat."
Deuteronomy 14:13 - "And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 14:18 - "And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
Deuteronomy 14:12 - "But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,"
Deuteronomy 14:15 - "And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 29:14 - "Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;"
"And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do." - Deuteronomy 1:14
Deuteronomy 14:4 - "These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,"
Deuteronomy 14:19 - "And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten."
Deuteronomy 25:14 - "Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small."
"And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant," - Deuteronomy 14:17
Deuteronomy 27:14 - "¶ And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,"
Deuteronomy 14:10 - "And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you."
Deuteronomy 14:5 - "The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois."
Deuteronomy 33:14 - "And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,"
Deuteronomy 10:14 - "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is."
Deuteronomy 14:9 - "¶ These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:"
Deuteronomy 6:14 - "Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;"
Deuteronomy 30:14 - "But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it."
"The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan," - Deuteronomy 14:16
Deuteronomy 14:22 - "Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year."