Leviticus 13:42
40 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.
But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
43 The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,
44 the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
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
- But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
- KJV
- And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- WEB
- But if a reddish-white plague is in the bald head or the bald forehead, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head or his bald forehead.
- ASV
- But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- DARBY
- And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white-reddish sore, it is a leprosy which hath broken out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- BLB
- And if there is in the bald head or in the bald forehead a reddish-white … plague, it [is] leprosy breaking out in his bald head or in his bald forehead.
- ÅB
- Men er det en lyserød flekk der hvor han er skallet, enten det er bak eller fremme på hodet, da er det spedalskhet som bryter ut på det skallete sted, på bakhodet eller forhodet.
- OTB
- Men hvis det på den skallede hodet eller pannen er en rødlig-hvit infeksjon, er det spedalskhet som bryter ut på hans skallede hode eller panne.
- B1930
- Men er det en lyserød flekk der hvor han er skallet, enten det er bak eller fremme på hodet, da er det spedalskhet som bryter ut på det skallete sted, på bakhodet eller forhodet.