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 are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard. You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
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,
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed out on them.
Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is cut off.
On that day the Lord God of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.
This one will say: I am the Lord's; another will call [himself] by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand: The Lord's, and name [himself] by the name of Israel."
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, all those who clip the hair on their temples and reside in the wilderness. All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart."
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.
Baldness is coming to Gaza. Ashkelon will become silent, a remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all [their] faces, and all their heads will be bald.
"They may not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
They do not cry to Me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and wine; they turn away from Me.
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make that grief like mourning for an only son and its outcome 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 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.