Food won’t be provided for the mourner(A) to comfort him because of the dead. A consoling drink won’t be given him for the loss of his father or mother.

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17 Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead.(A) Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:17 Lit men, also in v. 22

They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the Lord,(A)
and their sacrifices will not please him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.(B)
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.

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