KJV King James Version
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
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Leviticus 13:29
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
WEB World English Bible
“When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
ASV American Standard Version
And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 13
26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, [there be] no white hair in the bright spot, and it [be] no lower than the [other] skin, but [be] somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: [and] if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] the plague of leprosy.
28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, [and] spread not in the skin, but it [be] somewhat dark; it [is] a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it [is] an inflammation of the burning.
29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it [be] in sight deeper than the skin; [and there be] in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a dry scall, [even] a leprosy upon the head or beard.
31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it [be] not in sight deeper than the skin, and [that there is] no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague of the scall seven days:
32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, [if] the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall [be] not in sight deeper than the skin;
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