Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. New Living Translation “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD. English Standard Version You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD. Berean Standard Bible You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. King James Bible Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. New King James Version You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD. New American Standard Bible You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. NASB 1995 ‘You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. NASB 1977 ‘You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible And you shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am Yahweh. Amplified Bible You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. Christian Standard Bible You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.” American Standard Version Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah. English Revised Version Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the LORD. Good News Translation or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the LORD. International Standard Version "You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD. Majority Standard Bible You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. NET Bible You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD. New Heart English Bible "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. World English Bible “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you do not put a cutting for the soul in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, you do not put on yourself; I [am] YHWH. Young's Literal Translation And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I am Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation And ye shall not give an incision for the soul in your flesh, and a mark of stigma ye shall not give upon you: I Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYou shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord. New American Bible Do not lacerate your bodies for the dead, and do not tattoo yourselves. I am the LORD. New Revised Standard Version You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor inscribe any marks upon you; I am the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you shall not make a cutting in your flesh for a soul and you shall not make an inscription of markings in yourselves; I AM LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a dead body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Keep My Decrees…27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. 28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. 29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.… Cross References Deuteronomy 14:1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, 1 Kings 18:28 So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them. Jeremiah 16:6 “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them. Jeremiah 41:5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD. Isaiah 15:2 Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. Ezekiel 9:4 “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” Ezekiel 44:20 They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair. Hosea 7:14 They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me. Revelation 13:16-17 And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, / so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 14:9-11 And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand, / he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” Revelation 16:2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. Revelation 20:4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Treasury of Scripture You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD. Cuttings Leviticus 21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Deuteronomy 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 1 Kings 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. Revelation 13:16,17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: … Revelation 14:9,11 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, … Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Jump to Previous Account Bodies Body Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Flesh Imprint Marks Print Printed Respect Soul Writing YourselvesJump to Next Account Bodies Body Cut Cuts Cutting Cuttings Dead Flesh Imprint Marks Print Printed Respect Soul Writing YourselvesLeviticus 19 1. A repetition of various lawsYou must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead This phrase addresses a specific cultural practice prevalent among ancient Near Eastern peoples, where mourning rituals often included self-mutilation as an expression of grief or as a means to appease deities. The Hebrew word for "cuts" is "seret," which implies incisions or gashes. The prohibition here is not merely about physical harm but about distinguishing the Israelites from pagan practices. The act of cutting oneself for the dead was often linked to idolatrous rites, which God sought to separate His people from. This command underscores the sanctity of the human body as created by God and the importance of worshiping Him in spirit and truth, not through physical mutilation. or put tattoo marks on yourselves I am the LORD Nor print any marks upon you.--This, according to the ancient authorities, was effected by making punctures in the skin to impress certain figures or words, and then filling the cut places with stibium, ink, or some other colour. The practice of tattooing prevailed among all nations of antiquity, both among savages and civilised nations, The slave had impressed upon his body the initials of his master, the soldier those of his general, and the worshipper the image of his tutelar deity. To obviate this disfiguration of the body which bore the impress of God's image, and yet to exhibit the emblem of his creed, the Mosaic Law enacted that the Hebrew should have phylacteries which he is to bind as "a sign" upon his hand, and as "a memorial" between his eyes "that the Lord's law may be in his mouth" (Exodus 13:9; Exodus 13:16; Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18). . . . Hebrew You must notלֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no make any cuts וְשֶׂ֣רֶט (wə·śe·reṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8296: An incision in your bodies בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם (biḇ·śar·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man for the dead לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ (lā·ne·p̄eš) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion or put תִתְּנ֖וּ (ṯit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set tattoo קַֽעֲקַ֔ע (qa·‘ă·qa‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7085: An incision, imprint, tattoo marks on yourselves. וּכְתֹ֣בֶת (ū·ḵə·ṯō·ḇeṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3793: A letter, branded I אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Leviticus 19:28 NIVLeviticus 19:28 NLT Leviticus 19:28 ESV Leviticus 19:28 NASB Leviticus 19:28 KJV Leviticus 19:28 BibleApps.com Leviticus 19:28 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 19:28 Chinese Bible Leviticus 19:28 French Bible Leviticus 19:28 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 19:28 You shall not make any cuttings (Le Lv Lev.) |
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