14 Bible Verses about Mutilation
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You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.
No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;
You are not to present any animal to the Lord that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord.
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
When I vent My jealous rage on you, they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.
“No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the Lord’s assembly.
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.
From Thematic Bible
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves
When I vent My jealous rage on you,
