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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Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard. Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
So they gave loud cries and they cut themselves with knives and swords till the blood came streaming out all over them.
They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off.
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
One person will say: I belong to Jehovah. Another person will call himself by the name of Jacob. Still another will write on his hand: Jehovah's. And he will take the name Israel.'
I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads or live in the desert. Even though all these nations are uncircumcised, all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.
Both great and small men will die in this land. They will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
Eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to Jehovah's Temple.
Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?
They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'
They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'
They will put on sackcloth and they will tremble all over. Their heads will be shaved, and they will all be disgraced.
They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long. They must keep the hair on their heads trimmed.
And they do not cry to me from their heart when they wail on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble, but they turn away from me.
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of 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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Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.