Leviticus 13:44

He is an ish tzaru'a, he is tamei; the kohen shall pronounce him utterly tamei; his nega is in his head.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

43Then the kohen shall examine it; and, hinei, if the swelling of the nega be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the tzara'at appeareth in the skin of the basar,

45And the tzaru'a in whom the nega is, his clothes shall be torn, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his lower face, and shall cry, Tamei! Tamei!

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Cross References

Job 36:14They die in youth, 1 their nefesh among the kedeshim (cult male prostitutes, youthful lusts). 1

Matthew 6:23But if yours is the ayin horo, your kol basar is choshech; if ohr choshech, great choshech!

2 John 1:8Watch out for yourselves, lest you lose what we worked for, but may receive a sachar maleh (full reward).

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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