Leviticus 13:29

What does Leviticus 13:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 13:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when a man or a woman has a disease on the head, or in the hair of the chin,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman, the priest shall see them,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And if a man or a woman have a sore on the head or on the beard,

Context

v.28And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.

v.29This passage

v.30then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 8:38

    what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • Isaiah 5:20

    Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • Micah 3:11

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

  • Psalms 53:4

    Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?

  • Matthew 13:14

    And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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