17 Sigh in silence, (A)make no mourning for the dead; (B)bind your turban on your head, and (C)put your sandals on your feet; (D)do not cover your [a]lips, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.

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  1. Ezekiel 24:17 Lit. moustache

17 Groan silently; do (A)no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not [a]cover your mustache, and (B)do not eat the [b]bread of other people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:17 Covering the beard and mustache was a mourning custom
  2. Ezekiel 24:17 I.e., food from others for mourners

17 Groan quietly;(A) do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban(B) fastened and your sandals(C) on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard(D) or eat the customary food of mourners.(E)

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17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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