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Leviticus 13:41

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Leviticus 13:41 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; [yet] is he clean.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; [yet] is he clean.
Leviticus 13:41 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
38And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
39then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.
40And if a man`s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; [yet] is he clean.
41And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; [yet] is he clean.
42But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
43Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;
44he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head towards his face, etc.] That is, from the crown of his head towards his forehead and temples, the fore part of his head; and so the Misnic doctors distinguish baldness, which is from the crown of the head descending behind to the channel of the neck; and that here mentioned, which is from the crown of the head descending to his face and forehead, over against the hair above f451: he [is] forehead bald; to distinguish him from him that is bald behind: [yet is] he clean; as the other: these cases are observed, that it might not be concluded that every man that shed his hair or was bald either before or behind was a leper, because…”
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