Making cuttings in our flesh and tattooing marks on us |
The law
says: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo
any marks on you” (Leviticus |
Therefore,
both the custom of making cuttings on one’s flesh for the dead, which is a
custom that some peoples have, and the custom of tattooing one’s body, which
is a custom that many like very much, are sins in the sight of God. We, as
believers, are called to flee these vain customs, because our body is the |