You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.

“你们是耶和华你们神的儿女。不可为死人用刀划身，也不可将额上剃光；

“你们是耶和华—你们上帝的儿女。不可为了死人割划自己，也不可使额上光秃；

“你们是耶和华—你们神的儿女。不可为了死人割划自己，也不可使额上光秃；

“你们是你们上帝耶和华的儿女，不可为死人割伤自己或剃光前额。

“你们是耶和华你们的神的儿女，不可为了死人割伤自己的身体，也不可使你们的额上光秃；

「你們是耶和華－你們神的兒女。不可為死人用刀劃身，也不可將額上剃光；

「你們是耶和華－你們上帝的兒女。不可為了死人割劃自己，也不可使額上光禿；

「你們是耶和華－你們神的兒女。不可為了死人割劃自己，也不可使額上光禿；

「你們是你們上帝耶和華的兒女，不可為死人割傷自己或剃光前額。

“你們是耶和華你們的神的兒女，不可為了死人割傷自己的身體，也不可使你們的額上光禿；

『你們是永恆主你們的上帝的兒子，不可為死人刻劃你們自己的身體，也不可使你們的額上光禿；

爾曹皆爾上帝耶和華之子、毋為死者割肉薙額、

爾皆係爾上帝耶和華之子、毋為死者薙髮割肉、

爾曹皆主爾天主之子、毋為死者割肉、毋為死者去頂前之髮、

You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

“ You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

“ Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.

“ You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,

“ You are sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave a bald spot above your forehead for the dead.

“ You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

“ You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,

Ye[ are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

In other words, God’s children are not just in the family line of Abraham. Instead, they are the children God promised to him. They are the ones considered to be Abraham’s children.

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’ s house.

“‘ Priests must not shave any part of their heads. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make cuts on their bodies when someone dies.

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God by believing in Christ.

“ Important and unimportant people alike will die in this land. Their bodies will not be buried. No one will mourn for them. No one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

He also says,“ Once it was said to them,‘ You are not my people.’ In that very place they will be called‘ children of the living God.’ ”( Hosea 1:10)

“ But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them,‘ You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called‘ children of the living God.’

Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.

The Spirit himself joins with our spirits. Together they tell us that we are God’s children.

“‘ Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head. Do not clip off the edges of your beard.“‘ Do not make cuts on your bodies when someone dies. Do not put marks on your skin. I am the Lord.

He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one.

God has made everything. He is now bringing his many sons and daughters to share in his glory. It is only right that Jesus is the one to lead them into their salvation. That’s because God made him perfect by his sufferings.

Here is how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child. And anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.

And,“ I will be your Father. You will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord who rules over all.”( 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)

The people of Gaza will be so sad they will shave their heads. And Ashkelon’s people will be silent. You who remain on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

“ I myself said,“‘ I would gladly treat you like my children. I would give you a pleasant land. It is the most beautiful land any nation could have.’ I thought you would call me‘ Father.’ I hoped you would always obey me.

The sons of God saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.

“ I said,‘ You leaders are like gods. You are all children of the Most High God.’But you will die, like mere human beings. You will die like every other leader.”

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days. That was when the sons of God went to the daughters of human beings. Children were born to them. The Nephilim were famous heroes who lived long ago. Nephilim were also on the earth later on.

Then say to Pharaoh,‘ The Lord says,“ Israel is like an oldest son to me.I told you,‘ Let my son go. Then he will be able to worship me.’ But you refused to let him go. So I will kill your oldest son.” ’ ”

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don’t have any hope.

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.