Leviticus 19:28
“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:1The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,
Deuteronomy 14:1You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Jeremiah 16:6Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.
Mark 5:5Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
Revelation 14:9Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 15:2I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
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 →