Imamat 19:27-28
Konteks19:27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. 1 19:28 You must not slash your body for a dead person 2 or incise a tattoo on yourself. 3 I am the Lord.
Ulangan 14:1-2
Konteks14:1 You are children 4 of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald 5 for the sake of the dead. 14:2 For you are a people holy 6 to the Lord your God. He 7 has chosen you to be his people, prized 8 above all others on the face of the earth.
1 Samuel 10:4
Konteks10:4 They will ask you how you’re doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.
Yesaya 15:2
Konteks15:2 They went up to the temple, 9
the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. 10
Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, 11 Moab wails.
Every head is shaved bare,
every beard is trimmed off. 12
[19:27] 1 tc Heb “and you [singular] shall not ruin the corner of your [singular] beard.” Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Tg. Ps.-J. have the plural pronouns (i.e., “you” and “your” plural) rather than the singular of the MT.
[19:28] 2 tn Heb “And slash for the soul you shall not give.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul, person, life”) can sometimes refer to a “dead person” (cf. Lev 21:1, 5; 22:5). See J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 306, 320-21.
[19:28] 3 tn Heb “and a writing of incision you shall not give in you.”
[14:1] 4 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); TEV, NLT “people.”
[14:1] 5 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.
[14:2] 7 tn Heb “The
[14:2] 8 tn Or “treasured.” The Hebrew term סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah) describes Israel as God’s choice people, those whom he elected and who are most precious to him (cf. Exod 19:4-6; Deut 14:2; 26:18; 1 Chr 29:3; Ps 135:4; Eccl 2:8 Mal 3:17). See E. Carpenter, NIDOTTE 3:224.
[14:2] sn The Hebrew term translated “select” (and the whole verse) is reminiscent of the classic covenant text (Exod 19:4-6) which describes Israel’s entry into covenant relationship with the
[15:2] 10 tn Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.
[15:2] 11 tn Heb “over [or “for”] Nebo and over [or “for”] Medeba.”
[15:2] 12 sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.