Deuteronomy 14:1-3

Good News Translation

A Forbidden Mourning Practice

14 ^(A)“You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do. ^2 (B)You belong to the Lord your God; he has chosen you to be his own people from among all the peoples who live on earth.

Clean and Unclean Animals^(C)

³ “Do not eat anything that the Lord has declared unclean.