They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Leviticus 19:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print or tattoo any marks upon you; I am the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah. Common English Bible Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You 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. |
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
‘Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth round the waist.
You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.
‘Do not debase , your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
‘Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
So the other disciples were telling him, ‘We’ve seen the Lord! ’ But he said to them, ‘If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.’
‘You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
and the smoke of their torment will go up for ever and ever. There is no rest , day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or anyone who receives the mark of its name.
And another, a third angel, followed them and spoke with a loud voice: ‘If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.
The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped its image.
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshipped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.
Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.