Idolatry: Other Customs of Cutting the Flesh

So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.