Deu 14:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XIV The Israelites are not to adopt superstitious customs in mourning , 1, 2. The different kinds of clean and unclean animals , 3-20. Nothing to be eaten that dieth of itself , 21. Concerning offerings which, from distance cannot be carried to the altar of God, and which may be turned into money , 22-26. The Levite is not to be forsaken , 27. The third year's tithe for the Levite, stranger, widow, &c. , 28, 29. NOTES ON CHAP. XIV Verse 1. Ye are the children of the Lord ] The very highest character that can be conferred on any created beings; ye shall not cut yourselves , i. e., their hair , for it was a custom among idolatrous nations to consecrate their hair to their deities, though they sometimes also made incisions in their flesh .

‏ Deuteronomy 14:1

CHAPTER XIV

The Israelites are not to adopt superstitious customs in mourning, 1, 2.

The different kinds of clean and unclean animals, 3-20.

Nothing to be eaten that dieth of itself, 21.

Concerning offerings which, from distance cannot be carried to the altar of God, and which may be turned into money, 22-26.

The Levite is not to be forsaken, 27.

The third year's tithe for the Levite, stranger, widow, &c.,

28, 29.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse 1. Ye are the children of the Lord] The very highest character that can be conferred on any created beings; ye shall not cut yourselves, i. e., their hair, for it was a custom among idolatrous nations to consecrate their hair to their deities, though they sometimes also made incisions in their flesh.