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Leviticus 19:28
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Leviticus 19:28
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28 “‘Do not cut(A) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:28
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Leviticus 19:28
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28 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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Leviticus 21:1-5
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Leviticus 21:1-5
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Rules for Priests
21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean(B) for any of his people who die,(C) 2 except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(D) his son or daughter, his brother, 3 or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.(E) 4 He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage,[a] and so defile himself.
5 “‘Priests must not shave(F) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards(G) or cut their bodies.(H)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 21:4 Or unclean as a leader among his people
Leviticus 21:1-5
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Leviticus 21:1-5
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21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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.
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Deuteronomy 14:1
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Deuteronomy 14:1
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Clean and Unclean Food(A)
14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
Deuteronomy 14:1
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Deuteronomy 14:1
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14 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
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Jeremiah 16:6
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Jeremiah 16:6
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6 “Both high and low will die in this land.(A) They will not be buried or mourned,(B) and no one will cut(C) themselves or shave(D) their head for the dead.
Jeremiah 16:6
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Jeremiah 16:6
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6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
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Jeremiah 16:7
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Jeremiah 16:7
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7 No one will offer food(A) to comfort those who mourn(B) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(C) them.
Jeremiah 16:7
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Jeremiah 16:7
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7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
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Jeremiah 41:5
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Jeremiah 41:5
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5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
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