^27 (A)Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard ²⁸ or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the Lord.

A Forbidden Mourning Practice

14 ^(A)“You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do.