Ulangan 14:1
Konteks14:1 You are children 1 of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald 2 for the sake of the dead.
Ulangan 32:5
Konteks32:5 His people have been unfaithful 3 to him;
they have not acted like his children 4 – this is their sin. 5
They are a perverse 6 and deceitful generation.
[14:1] 1 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); TEV, NLT “people.”
[14:1] 2 sn Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald. These were pagan practices associated with mourning the dead; they were not be imitated by God’s people (though they frequently were; cf. 1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; Hos 7:14 [LXX]; Mic 5:1). For other warnings against such practices see Lev 21:5; Jer 16:5.
[32:5] 3 tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).
[32:5] tn Heb “have acted corruptly” (so NASB, NIV, NLT); NRSV “have dealt falsely.”
[32:5] 4 tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”
[32:5] 5 tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.
