Can someone explain this scripture to me? Deut 14:1
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
God doesn’t like the unibrow?
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Topical Guide: Baldness
I have a hard time believing that God doesn't approve of the NBA's Anthony Davis's unibrow. The former Kentucky star now plays for the New Orleans Pelicans.
According to the NET Bible notes:
Another commentary (from Bible Hub):
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Make any baldness between your eyes – i. e. by shaving the forepart of the head and the eyebrows. The practices named in this verse were common among the pagan, and seem to be forbidden, not only because such wild excesses of grief (compare 1 Kings 18:28) would be inconsistent in those who as children of a heavenly Father had prospects beyond this world, but also because these usages themselves arose out of idolatrous notions.
So, getting rid of the unibrow as an expression of ritual mourning wasn’t kosher. Doesn’t mean it was prohibited under other circumstances.
While I don’t have a problem reading non-LDS sources, I know some people do. How is a person supposed to understand this particular verse without consulting a source outside the Bible?
It is Jewish tradition to tear your clothes. Now, they pin a piece of cloth to their clothes and tear that. But if you forget to pin the cloth on, it is acceptable for a relative to come up and tear the lapel of your brand new suit.
A close shave of the brows sounds so much better than ruining clothing. Hair grows back.
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The Law of Moses also says eating shellfish is abominable (Lev 11:12), that brothers should marry their deceased brothers’ wives (Deut 25:5-10), and all sorts of other rules that we do not follow today. Peter and the apostles decided that following these rules was unnecessary for gentiles in Acts 15.
The 10 commandments are part of Deuteronomy and we still obey them
MH: Respectfully, we may think we need to obey the 10 commandments, but Christ actually commands us not to, both in the Sermon on the Mount and in the Sermon on the Mount redux found in the Book of Mormon. He’s very clear to say that he hasn’t destroyed Mosaic Law, but that it’s been fulfilled in him. He’s also very clear on making sure that the “old” things (i.e., the 10 commandments) are done away with and that all things (notably his new commandments) have become new (see the end of 3 Nephi 12).
“While I don’t have a problem reading non-LDS sources, I know some people do. How is a person supposed to understand this particular verse without consulting a source outside the Bible?” No clue.
“A close shave of the brows sounds so much better than ruining clothing. Hair grows back.” Based on some of the descriptions, it might have been fairly extreme. Also, there was the ritual cutting/gashing the first part of the verse talked about…