Leviticus 13:44

the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.

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KJV

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

ASV

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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He is a leprous man, he is unclean,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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If the leprosy of sin have seized the head, if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles which countenance and support wicked practices, be embraced, it is an utter uncleanness, from which few are ever cleansed. Soundness in the faith keeps the leprosy from the head, and saves conscience from being shipwrecked.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Matthew 8:2
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Matthew 6:23
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
2 Peter 2:1–2
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
2 John 1:8–10
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Job 36:14
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
2 Samuel 3:29
May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
Leviticus 22:4
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
2 Kings 5:1
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.

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About this book

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
Date: Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)

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Matthew 6:23
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
leads to
- 1 John 2:11
  But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- Matthew 6:22
  The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Isaiah 5:20–21
  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- Proverbs 26:12
  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Jeremiah 4:22
  “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Through
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
leads to
- Daniel 9:8–11
  O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Ezekiel 24:13
  Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- Revelation 16:8–11
  Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.

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