Leviticus 13:41

Leviticus 13:41 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if a man's hair falls out from his forehead, he has baldness of the forehead; he is clean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He whose hair has fallen from his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.

Context of Leviticus 13:41

39the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. 40“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean. If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean. 42But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area. 43The priest is to examine it, and if the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body,

Leviticus 13:41 word by word

וְאִם֙ מִפְּאַ֣ת פָּנָ֔יו יִמָּרֵ֖ט רֹאשׁ֑וֹ גִּבֵּ֥חַ ה֖וּא טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he that hath his hair fallenמָרַטmâraţ · to smoothH4803
• off from the partפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• of his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• toward his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• forehead baldגִּבֵּחַgibbêach · baldH1371
• he cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:41

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-44Verses 18-44 The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many grievances. With what troops of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-46a skin disease: The Hebrew word tsaraʿat refers to more than Hansen’s disease (leprosy), which is rare and severely disfiguring. In Leviticus, the word describes many different conditions. These include: an open sore (13:10), a boil (13:18), a burn (13:24), a sore on the head or chin (13:29), shiny white patches (13:38), or unusual baldness (13:40). A key test was whether the condition spread to other parts of the body (13:5–8). If it did, they…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4140-41. bald ... forehead bald--The falling off of the hair, when the baldness commences in the back part of the head, is another symptom which creates a suspicion of leprosy. But it was not of itself a decisive sign unless taken in connection with other tokens, such as a "sore of a reddish white color" [Le 13:43]. The Hebrews as well as other Orientals were accustomed to distinguish between the forehead baldness, which might be natural, and that baldness…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 13:41

• Baldness
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Accomplish
• Appear
• Clean
• Consider
• Dark
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Quick
• Raw

Commentaries on Leviticus 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings