Reference: Cutting
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the flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (De 14:1; 1Ki 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Le 19:28; 21:5; De 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer 16:6; 41:5; 48:37).
Allusions are made in Revelation (Re 13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Ga 6; 6:18) and by Ezekiel (Eze 9:4). (See Hair.)
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You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.
"You are the sons of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
"You are the sons of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.
eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD.
"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
And the LORD said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,
And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.