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 

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

sn The shift here is from diseases that are on the (relatively) bare skin of the body to the scalp area of the male or female head or the bearded area of the male face.

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.