Mourning for the Dead: Cutting the Flesh

Scripture references

• Lev 19:28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo
• Lev 21:1–5 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and
• Deu 14:1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your
• Jer 16:6, 7 “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or
• Jer 41:5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut