Leviticus 19:28

nor make a cutting for the dead in thy flesh; nor imprint signatures upon you: I am the Lord.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

In Context

27You shall not shave the hair on your head in a circle, nor destroy the hair of thy beard,

29Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to make her to become a fornicatress, lest the land become whorish, and the land be filled with the ways of wickedness.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:1And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: Let no one be defiled among his people on account of the dead:

Deuteronomy 14:1Children are you before the Lord your God. You shall not lacerate yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:20-30

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of… Read the whole commentary →

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