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Leviticus 19:27–28

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27“Don’t cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard.

28“Don’t gash your bodies on behalf of the dead.

“Don’t tattoo yourselves. I am God.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.

“Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You shall not round off the corner hair of your head, and you shall not trim the corner of your beard. And you shall not make a slash in your body for a dead person, nor shall you make on yourselves a tattoo’s mark; I am Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.