28 " 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
28 You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
28 "Don't gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. "Don't tattoo yourselves. I am God.
28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.
28 "Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 19:28
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laws.
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, verse 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.