Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 14:1-2

Sons of the LORD: Clean Food, Holy People, and the Tithe That Teaches Covenant Economics

From the identity foundation — sons of the LORD, holy people, treasured possession (vv. 1-2) — through the food distinctions that mark the boundary of covenant identity (vv. 3-21) to the tithe that embodies covenant economics at the chosen place (vv. 22-27) and in the local towns for the marginalized (vv. 28-29).

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Leviticus 11 BSB references Acts 10:9 BSB references Leviticus 19:28 Classic cross-references Leviticus 19:27 Classic cross-references Leviticus 21:5 Classic cross-references 1 Kings 18:28 Classic cross-references Galatians 3:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

You אַתֶּ֔ם H859 Pronoun - second person masculine plural are sons בָּנִ֣ים H1121 Noun - masculine plural of the LORD לַֽיהוָ֖ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle cut תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ H1413 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural yourselves וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle or shave תָשִׂ֧ימוּ H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural קָרְחָ֛ה קָרְחָ֛ה H7144 Noun - feminine singular your foreheads בֵּ֥ין H996 Preposition . . . עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם H5869 Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural on behalf of the dead לָמֵֽת׃ H4191 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:9 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 7:6 Classic cross-references Exodus 19:5 Classic cross-references Leviticus 20:26 Classic cross-references Isaiah 41:8 Classic cross-references

Original words

for כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction you אַתָּ֔ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular are a people עַ֤ם H5971 Noun - masculine singular holy קָדוֹשׁ֙ H6918 Adjective - masculine singular to the LORD לַיהוָ֖ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular The LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has chosen בָּחַ֣ר H977 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular you to be לִֽהְי֥וֹת H1961 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct a people לְעַ֣ם H5971 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct for His לוֹ֙ Preposition | third person masculine singular prized possession סְגֻלָּ֔ה H5459 Noun - feminine singular out of all מִכֹּל֙ H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct the peoples הָֽעַמִּ֔ים H5971 Article | Noun - masculine plural - אֲשֶׁ֖ר H834 Pronoun - relative on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the face פְּנֵ֥י H6440 Noun - common plural construct of the earth הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ס H127 Article | Noun - feminine singular

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