Leviticus 13:29
New International Version
“If a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin,

New Living Translation
“If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,

English Standard Version
“When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard,

Berean Standard Bible
If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

King James Bible
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

New King James Version
“If a man or woman has a sore on the head or the beard,

New American Standard Bible
“Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,

NASB 1995
“Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,

NASB 1977
“Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,

Legacy Standard Bible
“Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,

Amplified Bible
“When a man or woman has a disease on the head or in the beard (face),

Christian Standard Bible
“When a man or woman has a condition on the head or chin,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

American Standard Version
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

Contemporary English Version
If you have a sore on your head or chin,

English Revised Version
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If a man or a woman has some disease on the head or chin,

Good News Translation
When any of you, male or female, have a sore on your head or chin,

International Standard Version
"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard,

Majority Standard Bible
If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

NET Bible
"When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,

New Heart English Bible
"When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,

Webster's Bible Translation
If a man or woman shall have a plague upon the head or the beard;

World English Bible
“When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And when a man (or a woman) has a plague in him, in the head or in the beard,

Young's Literal Translation
'And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard,

Smith's Literal Translation
And when a man or woman there shall be in him a stroke upon the head, or in the beard;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the Priest shall see them,

Catholic Public Domain Version
If leprosy will have sprung up in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the priest shall look upon them,

New American Bible
When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,

New Revised Standard Version
When a man or woman has a disease on the head or in the beard,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
If a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And a man or a woman, if there will be in such a plague on the head, it is in his beard;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Laws about Skin Diseases
28But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn. 29If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin, 30the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:8
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

Numbers 12:10-15
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ...

2 Kings 5:1-14
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...

2 Chronicles 26:19-21
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

Matthew 8:2-4
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Luke 17:12-19
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ...

Mark 1:40-45
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...

Luke 5:12-16
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ...

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Mark 14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Luke 7:22
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Isaiah 53:4
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

2 Kings 7:3-10
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...

2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.


Treasury of Scripture

If a man or woman have a plague on the head or the beard;

1 Kings 8:38
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

1 Kings 12:28
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 6:29
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

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Leviticus 13
1. The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.














If a man or woman
This phrase emphasizes the inclusivity of the Levitical laws, applying equally to both genders. In the Hebrew context, the law was given to the entire community of Israel, underscoring the communal responsibility to maintain purity and holiness. The use of "man or woman" reflects the egalitarian nature of God's law, where both men and women are held to the same standards of cleanliness and health.

has an infection
The Hebrew word for "infection" here is "נֶגַע" (nega), which can also be translated as "plague" or "affliction." This term is used throughout Leviticus to describe various skin diseases and conditions that could render a person ceremonially unclean. The focus on infections highlights the importance of physical health in the context of spiritual purity. In ancient Israel, maintaining physical cleanliness was a reflection of one's spiritual state and relationship with God.

on the head or chin
The specific mention of "head or chin" indicates areas of the body that are visible and thus more likely to be noticed by others. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, the head was often seen as the seat of one's identity and dignity. An infection in these areas could symbolize a deeper spiritual or moral issue, as the head and face are often associated with one's public persona and honor. The meticulous attention to detail in these laws reflects God's concern for both the physical and spiritual well-being of His people.

(29) If a man or woman.--The fourth case, discussed in Leviticus 13:29-37, is leprosy on the head or chin. Cases where this distemper attacks first the hairy parts are not uncommon.

Verses 29-37. - The method of discriminating between a leprous spot on the head or beard and an ulcer in the same place. The symptoms of leprosy are the same as before, except that the hairs in this case are of a reddish-yellow colour instead of white. The treatment is also the same, with the addition of shaving the head or beard except at the place where the suspicious spot has appeared. In verse 31 the priest is ordered to shut up (or bandage) the patient, if

(1) the spot be only in the upper cuticle, and

(2) there is no black hair in it.

We should have expected rather from the second condition if there be black hair in it, or if there be no yellow hair in it; and Keil accordingly proposes to omit the negative or to change the word "black" for "yellow," the two words in the original being easily interchangeable. The present reading is. however. defensible. The fact of the spot being not below the cuticle was a very favorable symptom; there being no black hair was a very unfavourable symptom. Under these circumstances, the priest delays his judgment in the ordinary way.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a man
וְאִישׁ֙ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

woman
אִשָּׁ֔ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

has
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

an infection
נָ֑גַע (nā·ḡa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spot

on the head
בְּרֹ֖אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

or
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

chin,
בְזָקָֽן׃ (ḇə·zā·qān)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2206: Beard, chin


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