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Topic:
Cutting
With regard to the word "cutting…"
Cutting the flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part
of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were
commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1).
The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning
for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer. 16:6; 41:5;
48:37). Allusions are made in Revelation (13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the
practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a
deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction,
by Paul (Gal. 6; 7) and by Ezekiel (9:4).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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