Leviticus 19:28
What does Leviticus 19:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 19:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`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 <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:1
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;
- Deuteronomy 14:1
Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;
- 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.
- Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
- 1 Kings 18:28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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