Unibrows?

Deut 14-16

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.

I have to admit, I first read this, I laughed, thinking that God was somehow for unibrows, but I looked up a commentary about it and read...

“The cutting of the body and the shaving of the head were common mourning rites in the ancient Near East and are referred to in many places in the Old Testament (Isaiah 3:24; 15:2; 22:12; Jeremiah 16:6; 41:5; Ezekiel 7:18; Amos 8:10; Micah 1:16).” (Thompson)

This was a pagan burial ritual, and God didn't want the Israelittes confused with them. He needed them to be set apart and holy. "A peculiar people" as He says later.

The rest of the chapters from my reading today continue explaining eating laws, tithing, and laws of forgiveness to the Israelittes. I know that since Jesus has fulfilled the laws of the prophecy, we as Christians are no longer bound to these ordinances, but they do hold some good principles to follow. Obviously, tithing is still required, but even the eating practices and forgiving debtors every seven years...giving to your brother in need. Good things to practice still today.