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Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.[a] No one will bring food and wine to help comfort those who are mourning the death of their father or mother.

Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.

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  1. 16.6 mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads: A custom in some Canaanite religions.

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