Bible Strands
Leviticus 13:41
Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Moses to Aaron and the Israelites during the examination of a man’s scalp, distinguishing natural hair loss from contagious skin conditions.
The words — יִמָּרֵ֖ט (yi.ma.Ret) denotes the process of becoming bare, while טָה֥וֹר (ta.Hor) pronounces the condition ritually clean.
The thread — The boundary between natural anatomy and disease appears in Leviticus 13:40 and Leviticus 13:42, where simple baldness is cleared while a reddish-white sore on that same area demands quarantine.
Why it lands — The text requires the examiner to separate normal physiological change from ritual impurity, preventing unnecessary restriction of a person who shows no signs of infection.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.