Reference: Cuttings in the Flesh
Hastings
This expression occurs only in Le 19:28; 21:5. The former passage runs thus: 'Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead.
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You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
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.
And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
This one will say, 'I am the LORD's,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and name himself by the name of Israel."
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
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.
Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
Morish
This practice was forbidden in the law, as also was making any mark in the flesh. It was customary among the heathen, who cut themselves for the dead and tattooed their bodies in honour of their gods: the Israelites belonged to Jehovah. Le 19:28; 21:5.
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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.