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,

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

⁶ “Both high and low will die in this land.^(A) They will not be buried or mourned,^(B) and no one will cut^(C) themselves or shave^(D) their head for the dead.

⁵ “‘Priests must not shave^(A) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards^(B) or cut their bodies.^(C)

Rules for Priests

21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,^(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean^(B) for any of his people who die,^(C)

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

⁴ I saw thrones^(A) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^(B) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^(C) because of their testimony about Jesus^(D) and because of the word of God.^(E) They^[a] had not worshiped the beast^(F) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(G) They came to life and reigned^(H) with Christ a thousand years.