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. 3 You must not eat any detestable thing.
Deuteronomy 14:1–3
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Deuteronomy 7:5–7
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Leviticus 11:43–45
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Leviticus 20:6–8
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Leviticus 20:25–27
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Leviticus 18:23–25
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Leviticus 19:27–29
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