Bible Strands
Leviticus 13:29
If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord issues ritual instructions through Moses to Aaron and the Israelite community, establishing the initial parameters for priestly examination of skin diseases.
The words — נָגַע (Na.ga') renders literally as a plague or infection, and אִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה ('Ish 'o 'i.Shah) explicitly extends the examination requirement to both men and women.
The thread — The pattern of identifying affliction and responding with prayer appears in 1 Kings 8:38 and 2 Chronicles 6:29, where individuals acknowledge their own afflictions and spread out their hands in petition.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate recognition of physical abnormalities and submission to the designated priestly examination process to determine ritual status.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- 1 Kings 12:28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:29 then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- Psalms 53:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- 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.
- Isaiah 5:20 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.
- Isaiah 9:15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Micah 3:11 Her 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 can come upon us.”
- 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!
- Matthew 13:14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.