Leviticus 13:43
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.
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.
45 A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
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
- 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,
- KJV
- Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
- WEB
- Then the priest shall examine him. Behold, if the swelling of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,
- ASV
- Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;
- DARBY
- And the priest shall look on it, and behold, the rising of the sore is white-reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of the leprosy in the skin of the flesh;
- BLB
- And the priest shall examine him, and behold, [if] the swelling of the plague [is] reddish-white … in his bald head or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the flesh,
- ÅB
- Og når presten ser på ham og finner at det er en lyserød knute på hans skallete bakhode eller forhode, av samme utseende som spedalskhet på huden,
- OTB
- Presten skal undersøke ham, og hvis hevelsen av infeksjonen er rødlig-hvit på hans skallede hode eller panne, som utseendet av spedalskhet på huden,
- B1930
- Og når presten ser på ham og finner at det er en lyserød knute på hans skallete bakhode eller forhode, av samme utseende som spedalskhet på huden,