²⁸ You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead^(A) or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.

⁵ ‘Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.^(A)

⁵ eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh,^(A) and Samaria^(B) who had shaved their beards,^(C) torn their clothes, and gashed themselves, and^(D) who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.^(E)