Leviticus 19:28 (GNV)

Passage

Ye shall not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a marke vpon you: I am the Lord,

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.

Leviticus 19:27 Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.

Leviticus 19:28 Ye shall not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a marke vpon you: I am the Lord,

Leviticus 19:29 Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.

Leviticus 19:30 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "flesh", "dead", "make", "print", "marke", "vpon", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "flesh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Ye shall not cut rounde the corners..." into verse 29's "Thou shalt not make thy daughter common...", so "shall" and "flesh" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "flesh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.