For you are a holy people(A) belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His own possession(B) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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Forbidden Practices

14 “You are sons of the Lord your God;(A) do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head[a] on behalf of the dead,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:1 Or forehead

Clean and Unclean Food(A)

14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

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Old Covenant Ministry

Now the first covenant also had regulations for ministry and an earthly sanctuary.

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Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A)

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With these things set up this way, the priests enter the first room repeatedly, performing their ministry.(A)

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When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(A) into the outer room to carry on their ministry.

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