Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 19:28

28 Ye shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead , nor print any mark upon you: I am the LORD.

Which the Gentiles commonly did both in the worship of their Idols, and in their solemn mournings, Ier. 16. 6.

Heb. for a soul, i. e. either 1 improperly, for a dead body, as that word is sometimes used, as Lev. 19. 28. and 21. 1. Numb. 6. 6[illegible: 1+ letters] or 2. properly, for the soul, ye shall not cut your flesh or your bodies, for your souls, or upon pretence of doing your souls any good, either in way of mortification, or in the worship of God, as they did 1 King. 18. 28. in like manner as others were willing to give to God the fruit of their body for the sin of their soul Mic. 6. 7.

Marginal references: Deut. 14. 1.