Chapter 14

Improper Mourning Rites. ¹ You are children of the Lord, your God. You shall not gash yourselves nor shave the hair above your foreheads for the dead.^(A)

²⁴ You become unclean by the following—anyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean until evening,^{(A) 25} and anyone who carries any part of their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening—

^3 [a]Tell them: If any one of you, or of your descendants in any future generation, dares, while he is in a state of uncleanness, to draw near the sacred offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, such a one shall be cut off from my presence.^(A) I am the Lord.

⁷ They will not break bread with the bereaved to offer consolation for the dead; they will not give them the cup of consolation to drink over the death of father or mother.^(A)