And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
“You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
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