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NASB | Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. |
Subject: Are tatoos allowed? |
Bible Note: If I may, Pagans were accustomed to making small incisions in their physical bodies, or putting marks upon their flesh as a sign of mourning for their loved ones who had recently died. But the Lord forbade anything of the nature among His people. The incision represented a separation and, in fact, an eternal seperation, in the minds of the pagans. In essence, by the Lord commanding His people to not engage in such activities, He, in effect, was telling them that death, that is if they would faithfully serve Him, did not end it all. In other words, if their loved ones had been in the Covenant, and had Faith in the Covenant, and the ones living continued to have Faith in the Covenant, they would see each other again. To each his own of course, but I prefer not to choose the ways of the Pagans. May God Bless You, John |