Leviticus 13:44

then he has an infectious disease; he is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean because of the infection on his head.

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In The King James Version

He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

In Context

43The priest must inspect him, and if the swelling of the sore on his bald head or forehead looks reddish-white like a skin disease,

45Anyone who has such diseases must wear clothes that are torn and let their hair remain uncombed. They must cover their faces and shout out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

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Cross References

Job 36:14They die in their youth; their lives end among the male temple prostitutes.

Matthew 6:23But if your eye is evil, then your whole body will be in the dark. If the ‘light’ you have is actually darkness, how dark is that!

2 John 1:8Be careful that you don't lose what we've worked so hard for, and that you receive all that you should.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:39-47

38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald… Read the whole commentary →

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