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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Leviticus 13:42

But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sanitation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Head;   Leprosy;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baldness;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Sore;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Medicine;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Leper;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hair;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forehead;   Sore;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But if there is 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.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
But if a pinkish infection occurs on the bald spot or on the bald forehead, it is an infectious skin disease that sprouts on his bald spot or on his bald forehead.
New Century Version
But if there is a red-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a skin disease breaking out in those places.
New English Translation
But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area.
Amplified Bible
"But if there is a reddish-white infection on the bald head or forehead, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or forehead.
New American Standard Bible
"But if on the bald head or the bald forehead there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if there be in the balde head, or in the balde forehead a white reddish sore, it is a leprosie springing in his balde head, or in his balde forehead.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.
Contemporary English Version
But if a priest discovers that a reddish-white sore has broken out on the bald spot and looks like leprosy, he will say,
Complete Jewish Bible
But if on the bald scalp or forehead there is a reddish-white sore, it is tzara‘at breaking out on his bald scalp or forehead.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if there is a red and white infection on his scalp, it is a skin disease.
English Standard Version
But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased area, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
George Lamsa Translation
And if there is on his bald head or bald forehead a white or reddish sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
Good News Translation
But if a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease.
Christian Standard Bible®
But if there is a reddish-white condition on the bald head or forehead, it is a serious skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead.
Literal Translation
And if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish white plague, it is a leprosy breaking out in the bald head, or in the bald forehead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf there be a whyte reedish sore in the balde heade, or balde fore heade, then is there a leprosy rysen vp in the balde heade or balde foreheade:
American Standard Version
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If there be in ye baulde head or baulde forehead a whyte reddishe sore, there is leprosie sprong vp in his baulde head or baulde forehead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it is a leprosie sprung vp in his bald-head, or his bald forehead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and is cleene; ellis if in the ballidnesse bifore, ether in the ballidnesse bihynde, whijt ether reed colour is bred, and the preest seeth this,
Young's Literal Translation
`And when there is in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, a very red white plague, it [is] a leprosy breaking out in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead;
Update Bible Version
But if there is 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if there is in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; [it is] a leprosy sprung up on his bald head, or his bald forehead.
World English Bible
But if there is 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.
New King James Version
And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
New Living Translation
However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area on top of his head or on his forehead, this is a skin disease.
New Life Bible
But if a red and white sore is on the head where there is no hair, it is a bad skin disease breaking out on his head.
New Revised Standard
But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased spot, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, should there be, in the baldness behind, or in the baldness in front, a spot that is reddish white, leprosy broken out, it is, in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour:
Revised Standard Version
But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased spot, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.

Contextual Overview

38 And if a man or a woman has bright marks on the skin of their flesh, that is, bright white marks, 39 Then the priest is to see them: and if the white marks on their skin are not very bright, it is a skin disease which has come out on the skin; he is clean. 40 And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean. 41 And if the hair has gone from the front part of his head, so that he has no hair there, still he is clean. 42 But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow. 43 Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper; 44 He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head. 45 And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean. 46 While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:37 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if there be,.... Or, "but if there be", or, "when there shall be" y, or shall appear to be:

in the bald head, or in the bald forehead, a white reddish sore; white and red mixed, as the Targum of Jonathan, having something of both colours, neither a clear white nor thorough red; though, according to Bochart, it should be rendered "a white sore exceeding bright";

:-;

it [is] a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or in his bald forehead; the signs of which were raw flesh and spreading; so it is said in the Misnah z,

"those two sorts of baldness defile in two weeks, by two signs, by quick raw flesh and by spreading;''

if there was the bright spot and no quick flesh, then he was to be shut up seven days, and looked upon at the end of them; and if there was either quick flesh or a spreading, he was pronounced unclean, but if neither, he was shut up seven days more; and if either of the above signs appeared he was pronounced unclean, if not he was set free.

y וכי "sin autem", V. L. "quum autem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator Drusius. z Ut supra. (Misn. Negaim, c. 10. sect. 10.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sore - Rather, stroke. It is the same word which elsewhere in this and the next chapter is rendered plague.


 
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