King James Version
What Does Leviticus 13:41 Mean?
“And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.”
Context
39
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. hair: Heb. head is pilled
41
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
42
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
43
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(41) **And he that hath his hair fallen off**—Rather, *And if he loseth the hair of his head.*
**He is forehead bald.**—This, which according to the administrators of the law, was from the crown of the head descending to his face, and constituted the man a *gibbèach, *was also not a sign of leprosy.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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