Elisha went from that city to Bethel. Elisha was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of Elisha. They said to him, “Go up, you bald headed man! Go up, you bald headed man!”
Leviticus 13:40 - Easy To Read Version “A man might lose hair from his head. He is clean. It is only baldness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man’s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. Common English Bible If someone loses their hair, they are bald, but they are clean. Catholic Public Domain Version The man whose hair falls off of his head is bald and clean. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The man whose hair falleth off from his head, he is bald and clean: |
Elisha went from that city to Bethel. Elisha was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of Elisha. They said to him, “Go up, you bald headed man! Go up, you bald headed man!”
The king’s family and the people\par of Dibon {\cf2\super [158]} \par are going to the places of worship {\cf2\super [159]} to cry.\par The people of Moab are crying\par for Nebo {\cf2\super [160]} and Medeba. {\cf2\super [161]} \par The people shaved their heads and beards\par \{to show they are sad\}.\par
then a priest must look at those spots. If the spots on that person’s skin are only dull white, then the disease is only a harmless rash. That person is clean. [174]
A man might lose hair from the sides of his head. He is clean. It is only another kind of baldness.
I will change your holidays\par into days of crying for the dead.\par All your songs will be songs of sadness\par for dead people.\par I will put clothes of sadness on everyone.\par I will make every head bald. {\cf2\super [104]} \par I will make it like heavy crying\par for an only son that has died.\par It will be a very bitter end.”\par
But don’t let sin control you in your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.
I explain this by using an example that people know. I explain it this way because it is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.
Your body will always be dead because of sin. But if Christ is in you, then the Spirit gives you life, because Christ made you right with God.
You remember why I came to you the first time. It was because I was sick. That was when I told the Good News {\cf2\super [51]} to you.