Leviticus 13:29

Scall on the Head or in the Beard

13:29 “When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard, ¹ 

Leviticus 19:27

19:27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. ² 

Leviticus 21:5

21:5 Priests ³  must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. ⁴ 

[13:29]  ¹ tn Heb “And a man or a woman if there is in him an infection in head or in beard.”

[19:27]  ² tc Heb “and you [singular] shall not ruin the corner of your [singular] beard.” Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Tg. Ps.-J. have the plural pronouns (i.e., “you” and “your” plural) rather than the singular of the MT.

[21:5]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (priests, see the beginning of v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and in their body they shall not [cut] slash[es]” (cf. Lev 19:28). The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rites (cf. Lev 19:27-28 above).