Leviticus 19:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Leviticus 19:28

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

Cuttings

Print

Bible References

Cuttings

“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

“You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,

They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.

Print

And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,

And a third angel followed them and spoke with a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores

broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people

who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.