Leviticus 13:41
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.
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;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, his forehead is bald. He is clean.
- ASV
- And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; [yet] is he clean.
- DARBY
- and if he have the hair fallen off from the part of the head towards his face, he is forehead-bald: he is clean.
- BLB
- And if from the side of his face his head is made bare, he [is] bald of forehead; he [is] clean.
- ÅB
- og når han mister håret fremme på hodet, så han blir fleinskallet, da er han ren.
- OTB
- Hvis han mister håret fra fronten og sidene av hodebunnen, er han skallet i pannen men ren.
- B1930
- og når han mister håret fremme på hodet, så han blir fleinskallet, da er han ren.