Leviticus 19:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:28

Then they cried aloud, and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.

Jeremiah 16:6

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them; there shall be no gashing, no shaving of the head for them.

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head is shaved and every beard cut off; on all the hands there are gashes and on the loins sackcloth.

Leviticus 19:27

You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.

Leviticus 19:29

“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.

Leviticus 21:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: “No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,

Leviticus 21:11

He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 21:5

They shall not make bald spots upon their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or make any gashes in their flesh.

Mark 5:5

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones.

John 20:25

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.

Revelation 14:11

And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the brand of its name.”

Revelation 14:9

Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the brand on their foreheads or on their hands,

Revelation 15:2

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

Revelation 16:2

So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its brand on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.