Deuteronomy 14:1-2 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ 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.