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Leviticus 19:28

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

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ASV

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

KJV

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשֶׂ֣רֶטve.Se.retand cut[s]H8296 →
לָנֶ֗פֶשׁla.Ne.feshfor a corpseH5315 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
תִתְּנוּ֙ti.te.Nuyou will makeH5414 →
בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םbiv.sar.Khemin flesh yourH1320 →
וּכְתֹ֣בֶתu.khe.Toetand [the] inscription ofH3793 →
קַֽעֲקַ֔עka.'a.Ka'an incisionH7085 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תִתְּנ֖וּti.te.Nuyou will makeH5414 →
בָּכֶ֑םba.Khemin <the> yourselves
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →

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Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.Leviticus 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.Leviticus 21:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,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 48:37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.Mark 5:5Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.Revelation 20:4Then 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.Revelation 13:16–17And 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,Revelation 15:2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.Revelation 16:2So 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.1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.Revelation 14:11And 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 14:9And 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,Revelation 19:20But 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.Numbers 6:6Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.Leviticus 21:11He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

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About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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