Bible verse
You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 19.
24 In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.
25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
26 You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
29 You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
30 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31 You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
KJV
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
ASV
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
ERV
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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