Are Tattoos Anti Biblical?
Some Christians Take Issue with Tattooing, Upholding the Hebrew Prohibition (See Below). the Hebrew Prohibition Is Based on Interpreting Leviticus 19:28—"Ye...
Some Christians take issue with tattooing, upholding the Hebrew prohibition (see below). The Hebrew prohibition is based on interpreting Leviticus 19:28—"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you"—so as to prohibit tattoos, and perhaps even makeup.
Is tattoo forbidden in the Bible?
Tattoos have been around for millennia. People got them at least five thousand years ago. ... But in the ancient Middle East, the writers of the Hebrew Bible forbade tattooing. Per Leviticus 19:28, “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves.”
What does the Bible say about tattoos?
The verse in the Bible that most Christians make reference to is Leviticus 19:28, which says,"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord." So, why is this verse in the Bible?
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