Reference: Cutting
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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 are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
"Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.
"You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
"You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
"Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem," the Lord said to him, "and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations committed in it."
And he requires everyone-small and great, rich and poor, free and slave-to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
On her forehead a cryptic name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed signs on his authority, by which he deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.