If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
Parallel translations
- WEB “When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
- KJV If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
- NKJV “If a man or woman has a sore on the head or the beard,
- NASB “Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,
- NLT “If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,
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Quick answer
A further case concerns a sore on the head or in the beard. The law addresses afflictions of the scalp and facial hair.
Overview
The instruction turns to a man or woman with an affliction on the head or in the beard. Including women here shows the law applied to all. The thorough coverage of every part of the body reflects God's comprehensive concern for the holiness and welfare of His whole people, men and women alike.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Kgs 12:28After 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.”
- 1 Kgs 8:38then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- 2 Chr 6:29then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- Isa 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Isa 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Isa 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.
- Mic 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 can come upon us.”
- Acts 26:9–10So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Acts 22:3–4“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- 2 Cor 4:3–4And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- 2 Th 2:11–12For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- Ps 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- Matt 13:14–15In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- Matt 6:23But 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!
- John 16:2–3They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
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