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Leviticus 19:28

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19:28You must not slash your body for a dead person48 or incise a tattoo on yourself.49 I am the Lord.

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  1. 48 Heb “And slash for the soul you shall not give.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul, person, life”) can sometimes refer to a “dead person” (cf. Lev 21:1, 5; 22:5). See J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (), , .
  2. 49 Heb “and a writing of incision you shall not give in you.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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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