Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 28. Ye shall not make any cuttings.] Another heathenish custom, of such as mourned without hope. a Plutarch tells of some barbarians that did tear their hair, rend their flesh, slit their ears and nose for the dead. Jer 16:6
a Consol., ad Apol.