Mourning for the Dead: Cutting the Flesh

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, …

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.