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Leviticus 19:28

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Cuttings for a dead person, shall ye not make in your flesh. And, punctures in your persons, shall ye not print,—I, am Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— '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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— You 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Ye shal not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a marke vpon you: I am the Lorde,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I [am] the LORD.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor inscribe any marks upon you; I am the LORD.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— 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.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] Yahweh.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Ye shall not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
make 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
any y3793
[3793] Standard
כְּתֹבֶת
k@thobeth
{keth-o'-beth}
From H3789; a letter or other mark branded on the skin.
cuttings 8296
{8296} Prime
שֶׂרֶט
seret
{seh'-ret}
From H8295; an incision.
in your flesh 1320
{1320} Prime
בָּשָׂר
basar
{baw-sawr'}
From H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension body, person; also (by euphemism) the pudenda of a man.
for the dead, 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
nor x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
print 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
any marks 7085
{7085} Prime
קַעֲקַע
qa`aqa`
{kah-ak-ah'}
From the same as H6970; an incision or gash.
x3793
(3793) Complement
כְּתֹבֶת
k@thobeth
{keth-o'-beth}
From H3789; a letter or other mark branded on the skin.
upon you: I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[am] Yähwè יָהוֶה. 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Leviticus 19:28

_ _ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead — The practice of making deep gashes on the face and arms and legs, in time of bereavement, was universal among the heathen, and it was deemed a becoming mark of respect for the dead, as well as a sort of propitiatory offering to the deities who presided over death and the grave. The Jews learned this custom in Egypt, and though weaned from it, relapsed in a later and degenerate age into this old superstition (Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5).

_ _ nor print any marks upon you — by tattooing, imprinting figures of flowers, leaves, stars, and other fanciful devices on various parts of their person. The impression was made sometimes by means of a hot iron, sometimes by ink or paint, as is done by the Arab females of the present day and the different castes of the Hindus. It is probable that a strong propensity to adopt such marks in honor of some idol gave occasion to the prohibition in this verse; and they were wisely forbidden, for they were signs of apostasy; and, when once made, they were insuperable obstacles to a return. (See allusions to the practice, Isaiah 44:5; Revelation 13:17; Revelation 14:1).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Leviticus 19:19-29.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 19:28

Cuttings in your flesh — Which the Gentiles commonly did both in the worship of their idols, and in their solemn mournings, Jeremiah 16:6.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Leviticus 19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any (l) marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

(l) By whipping your bodies or burning marks in them.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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.
Jeremiah 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah 48:37 For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Mark 5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

print:

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: ... And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:9 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 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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.
Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Lv 21:5. Dt 14:1. 1K 18:28. Jr 16:6; 48:37. Mk 5:5. Rv 13:16; 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4.

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