Verse 28

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:28 : 28 You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
• Deut 14:1 : 1 You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;
• Mark 5:5 : 5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
• Mark 9:22 : 22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.
• Mic 6:7 : 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?