Leviticus 19:28
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28 “‘Do not cut(A) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:1
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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,
2 Samuel 12:20-23
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20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed,(A) put on lotions and changed his clothes,(B) he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,(C) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?(D) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’(E) 23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him,(F) but he will not return to me.”(G)
Mark 5:39
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39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”(A)
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