Lev 19:28 | TNotes | STEP | 19:28 cut your bodies: Cutting oneself was associated with Canaanite mourning practices (21:5 ; Deut 14:1 ). The word translated tattoo might refer to painting the body, a practice also associated with paganism.

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‏ Leviticus 19:28

19:28 ^a cut your bodies: Cutting oneself was associated with Canaanite mourning practices (21:5 ^b; Deut 14:1 ^c). The word translated tattoo might refer to painting the body, a practice also associated with paganism.