Leviticus 13:42

But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

41And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is bald before and clean.

43And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:37And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest,

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:39-47

38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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