²⁸ So they shouted louder and slashed^(A) themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.

²⁸ “‘Do not cut^(A) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Clean and Unclean Food^(A)

14 You are the children^(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

⁵ Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

²² “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”