Breaking Down the Key Parts of Leviticus 19:28 They should consider what a much older version of themselves might want to say about it. Also, Christians should ask themselves if they are feeling a lack of identity and “specialness” before they go and do a potentially foolish thing that adds a permanent mark.
While it may be a conscience issue, depending on the nature of the tattoo itself, this verse should carry at least some weight. We should also think twice before getting any kind of tattoo. The Christian should take seriously the prohibition on cutting as it is simply self-harm and always associated with the demonic.
BIBLE VERSE ABOUT TATTOOS LEVITICUS SKIN
There are a few instances in Scripture where tattooing or engraving on the skin is seen in a positive light, but those may be purely symbolic references for identifying God’s people while they are in exile. Here it refers to cutting “for the dead.” This is done still today in Eastern cultures in the process of mourning the dead.īesides the branding of slaves and property, tattooing seemed to almost always identify one with gods, goddesses, and cult practices. God’s warnings largely regarded practices of those cultures, because God knew that the Israelites would be tempted to appropriate the cultures which they were supposed to be replacing.Ĭutting seems to have been the demonic practice of shedding one’s own blood in order to appease the gods of those cultures, particularly for the sake of fertility.
I am the Lord.” Explanation and Commentary of Leviticus 19:28Ĭutting and tattooing for the dead were religious-cultural norms in the pagan cultures under God’s judgment in the promised land. “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves.
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