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Leviticus 13:40

38 When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

39 the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

41 Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.

42 But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
KJV
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
WEB
“If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.
ASV
And if a man`s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; [yet] is he clean.
DARBY
And if a man's hair have fallen off his head, he is bald: he is clean;
BLB
And when a man’s head is made bare, he [is] bald; he [is] clean.
ÅB
Når en mann mister håret på hodet, så han blir skallet, da er han ren;
OTB
"Hvis en mann mister håret på hodet, er han skallet men ren.
B1930
Når en mann mister håret på hodet, så han blir skallet, da er han ren;

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Cross references

  • Galatians 4:13

    You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

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  • Song of Solomon 5:11

    His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

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  • Romans 8:10

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  • 2 Kings 2:23

    From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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  • Amos 8:10

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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  • Romans 6:19

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

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  • Romans 6:12

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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  • Leviticus 13:41

    Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.

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