14 Bible Verses about Mutilation

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Leviticus 21:18

For no man in whom there is a blemish shall draw near, a blind man, or a lame man, or disfigured, or deformed,

Leviticus 22:22

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or having scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.

Judges 16:21

And the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass. And he ground in the prison house.

Judges 1:6-7

And Adoni-bezek fled. And they ran after him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered under my table. As I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

1 Kings 18:28

And they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves with knives and spears until the blood gushed out on them, as is their way.

Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set My jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury. They shall take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you shall fall by the sword. They shall take away your sons and your daughters, and the rest of you shall be devoured by the fire.

Deuteronomy 23:1

He who is wounded, crushed, or who has his male member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of Jehovah.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered under my table. As I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Judges 1:6

And Adoni-bezek fled. And they ran after him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

2 Samuel 4:12

And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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Mutilation » Of the body, general references to

Judges 1:6

And Adoni-bezek fled. And they ran after him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

Judges 16:21

And the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass. And he ground in the prison house.

2 Samuel 4:12

And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

1 Kings 18:28

And they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves with knives and spears until the blood gushed out on them, as is their way.

Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set My jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury. They shall take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you shall fall by the sword. They shall take away your sons and your daughters, and the rest of you shall be devoured by the fire.

More verses: Mark 5:5

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