Improper Mourning

14 “You are ^(A)the children of the Lord your God; ^(B)you shall not cut yourselves nor ^[a]shave the front of your head for the dead. ^2 (C)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

⁹ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of ^(A)darkness into His marvelous light;