Reference: Cutting
Easton
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 cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you. I am Jehovah.
They shall not make baldness on their head, nor shall they shave the corner of their beard, nor make any cutting in their flesh.
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
some men from Shechem came from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
And Jehovah said to him, Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and are mourning because of all the abominations that are done in her midst.
And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads,
And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.