Leviticus 19:28

Leviticus 19:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 19:28

26“ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens. 27“ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. “ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. 29“ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness. 30“ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:28 word by word

וְשֶׂ֣רֶט לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם וּכְתֹ֣בֶת קַֽעֲקַ֔ע לֹ֥א תִתְּנ֖וּ בָּכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall not makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• anyכְּתֹ֫בֶתkethôbeth · imprintH3793
• cuttingsשֶׂ֫רֶטώereţ ώâreţeth · incisionH8296
• in your fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• for the deadנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: deadH5315
• nor printנָתַןnâthan · to give: doH5414
• any marksקַעֲקַעqa‛ăqa‛ · incisionH7085
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:28

• Leviticus 21:5“ ‘Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.
• Deuteronomy 14:1You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
• 1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
• Jeremiah 16:6“Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.
• Jeremiah 48:37Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
• Mark 5:5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
• Revelation 13:16It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
• Revelation 14:9A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand,
• Revelation 15:2And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God
• Revelation 16:2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
• Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Revelation 20:4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Any cuttings in your flesh for the dead - That the ancients were very violent in their grief, tearing the hair and face, beating the breast, etc., is well known. Virgil represents the sister of Dido "tearing her face with her nails, and beating her breast with her fists." "Unguibus ora soror foedans, et pectora pugnis." Aen., l. iv., ver. 672. Nor print any marks upon you - It was a very ancient and a very general custom to carry marks on the body in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26-28Verses 26-28 Certain pagan customs, several of them connected with magic, are here grouped together. The prohibition to eat anything with the blood may indeed refer to the eating of meat which had not been properly bled in slaughtering (Leviticus 7:26; Leviticus 17:10, etc.): but it is not improbable that there may be a special reference to some sort of magical or idolatrous rites. Compare Ezekiel 33:25. Leviticus 19:26 Observe times - It is not clear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28cuts in your bodies: Cutting oneself was associated with Canaanite mourning practices (Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1). The word translated as "tattoo" might mean painting the body, a practice also associated with paganism.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:28

• Cutting
• Mourning
• Sorcery
• Tattooing

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Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings