Leviticus 19:28

19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

KJV

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD. ¶

19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane

What does Leviticus 19:28 mean?

Leviticus 19:28 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָתַן (nâthan), כְּתֹבֶת (kᵉthôbeth), שֶׂרֶט (sereṭ).

Hebrew interlinear

shall

not

makeנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

anyכְּתֹבֶתkᵉthôbeth/keth-o'-beth/H3793a letter or other mark branded on the skin

cuttingsשֶׂרֶטsereṭ/seh'-ret/H8296an incision

your

fleshבָּשָׂרbâsâr/baw-sawr'/H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

for

the

dead,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

nor

printנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

any

marksקַעֲקַעqaʻăqaʻ/kah-ak-ah'/H7085an incision or gash

upon

you:

the

LORD.יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Topics

Sorcery

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 19:28.

1 Samuel 17:44

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 19:28 say?

Leviticus 19:28 (King James Version) reads: "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD."

Is Leviticus 19:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 19:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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