In Canaan, evidence indicates that instead of marking the body with ink, more extreme scarification measures, like branding, slashing or gashing the skin were used. Evidence suggests that tattooing the body parts of women associated with fertility (breasts, thighs and abdomen) was believed to be a good luck charm to protect the birthing process. Recent archeology indicates that, while Egypt did tattoo, it was limited to women. The background to this law was that Israel, after being rescued from slavery, was between Egypt and Canaan. Oshiomhole backs Governor Bello on indirect primaries This is probably why the KJV, written in the early 1600s, is closer to the literal translation saying, “ye shall not…print marks upon you.”
Further, the word tattoo did not enter into the English language until the late 1700s. The word for marks, also used here alone, has an uncertain root, so we’re not really sure what the word means. Leviticus 19:28 verse literally translates: “And a cutting for the dead you will not make in your flesh and writing marks you will not make on you I am the Lord.” The word writing refers to inscribed or engraved symbols/words, and is used only here. The short answer is that the Bible does not say anything clear and direct about tattoos. However, if you look at the scripture in context you’ll see that the Bible doesn’t really address or say anything about our modern day concept of tattoos.Īs tattoos grow in popularity each year, it makes sense that most Christians wonder what the Bible has to say about tattoos. Many Christians use the Bible verse Leviticus 19:28 “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourself” as proof that getting a tattoo is a sin.
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