Leviticus 13:29
in Leviticus 13If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
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And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,
KJV
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Several of these characteristics, taken separately, belong to other blemishes of the skin as well; so that none of them was to be taken alone, and it was only when the whole of them concurred that the Jewish priest, in his capacity of physician, was to pronounce the disease a malignant leprosy.
This site's exposition
an infection on the head or chin
on Leviticus 13:29-37
A plague on the head or in the beard is judged by the colour of hair, yellow against black. The man is shaven everywhere except the patch itself, so the priest keeps the evidence and clears the ground around it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
If a man or a woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard. Any breaking out in those parts a swelling, scab, or spot, on a man's beard or on a woman's head; or on the head of either man or woman; or on a woman's beard, if she had any, as some have had though not common.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A plague upon the head or the beard - This refers to a disease in which, according to the Jews, the hair either on the head or the chin dropped out by the roots.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִישׁ֙ | veish | and man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾishah | a woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ב֖וֹ | vo | on <the> him | ||
| נָ֑גַע | naga' | a plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| בְּרֹ֖אשׁ | berosh | on [the] head | H7218 → | 599 times |
| א֥וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בְזָקָֽן׃ | vezakan | in [the] beard | H2206 → | 19 times |
וְאִישׁ֙and man
veishH376 →1663 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אִשָּׁ֔הa woman
ʾishahH802 →781 times
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
ב֖וֹon <the> him
vo
נָ֑גַעa plague
naga'H5061 →78 times
בְּרֹ֖אשׁon [the] head
beroshH7218 →599 times
א֥וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בְזָקָֽן׃in [the] beard
vezakanH2206 →19 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 5:20Woe 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.
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- 2 Timothy 3:1–5
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He…
- Job 17:12
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
- Proverbs 17:15
Through
Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:13
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Micah 3:5
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their…
- Jeremiah 6:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.