How do we apply Exodus 28:36-38 to our lives?

[lakshmi (Lakshmi Mehta)]

@alison

In fact, the call to remember my identity in Christ was so strong I had it tattooed on me . The Hebrew words qodesh l’Yahweh mean set apart / holy / belonging to Yahweh. Wearing these words don’t make me holy, anymore than Aaron’s head garment made him holy. However, I bear a constant reminder and point of meditation to remember whose I am, and whose mission I’m on.

Hi @alison,

Thanks for sharing about the importance of seeing ourselves as being set apart for God and the different ways it can be reflected in our choices that concern our appearance. Having a tattoo while more accepted these days, some Christians see it as being prohibited in the Bible ( Lev 19:28). The prohibition of making cuts on the body however was not total/universal but specifically for the sake of the dead. Considering there is no break in the verse, the prohibition of the tattoo marks may also be limited to the practice for the dead.

Today I came across Isaiah 44:5 and thought what better way to write on one’s hand “The LORD’s” than tattooing it permanently!

Isaiah 44:5 ESV - This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”

I thought your decision to tattoo is very much in line with this verse. Look forward to hearing other insights you may have come across on this topic.