Leviticus 13:40-50

40 "If a man's hair falls out from his head, he is bald; he is clean.
41 And if a man's hair falls out from his forehead, he has baldness of the forehead; he is clean.
42 But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased area, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
43 Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprous disease in the skin of the body,
44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.
45 "The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and 1let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall 2cover his upper lip[a] and cry out, 3'Unclean, unclean.'
46 He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be 4outside the camp.
47 "When there is a case of leprous disease in a 5garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,
48 in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin,
49 if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest.
50 And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days.

Leviticus 13:40-50 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 13

In this chapter an account is given of the various sorts of leprosy, and the rules by which they were to be judged of, Le 13:1-3 of the bright spot and scab, Le 13:4-8 of the rising or swelling, Le 13:9-17 of the bile or hot ulcer, Le 13:18-23 of the hot burning or inflammation, Le 13:24-28 of the plague of the scall, Le 13:29-37 of bright spots or blisters, Le 13:38,39 and of shedding the hair, and baldness, Le 13:40-44 of what the leper was to do, and to be done unto, Le 13:45,46 of the leprosy in garments made of linen, woollen, or of skin, Le 13:47-59.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Leviticus 10:6
  • 2. Ezekiel 24:17, 22; Micah 3:7
  • 3. [Lamentations 4:15]
  • 4. Numbers 5:2; Numbers 12:14, 15; [2 Kings 7:3; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 26:21; Luke 17:12]
  • 5. [Jude 23; Revelation 3:4]

Footnotes 1

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