Leviticus 19:28

NETBible

You must not slash your body for a dead person 1  or incise a tattoo on yourself. 2  I am the Lord.

NIV ©

"‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

NASB ©

‘You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

NLT ©

"Never cut your bodies in mourning for the dead or mark your skin with tattoos, for I am the LORD.

MSG ©

"Don't gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. "Don't tattoo yourselves. I am GOD.

BBE ©

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

NRSV ©

You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

NKJV ©

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

KJV
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nor print
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NASB ©
'You shall not make
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any cuts
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for the dead
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nor
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make
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any tattoo
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on yourselves: I am the LORD
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NET [draft] ITL
You must not
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slash
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your body
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for a dead person
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or incise
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a tattoo
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on yourself. I
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am the Lord
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.
HEBREW
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NETBible

You must not slash your body for a dead person 1  or incise a tattoo on yourself. 2  I am the Lord.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “And slash for the soul you shall not give.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul, person, life”) can sometimes refer to a “dead person” (cf. Lev 21:1, 5; 22:5). See J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 306, 320-21.

2 tn Heb “and a writing of incision you shall not give in you.”