John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 13:41

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 the hair of a leper used to fall off from him; if he had not the other signs of leprosy, and which were the sure and true signs of it before mentioned.

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