Leviticus 13:41

41 If he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is clean, even though he is bald on the forehead.

Leviticus 13:41 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:41

And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his
head towards his face
That is, from the crown of his head towards his forehead and temples, the fore part of his head; and so the Misnic doctors distinguish baldness, which is from the crown of the head descending behind to the channel of the neck; and that here mentioned, which is from the crown of the head descending to his face and forehead, over against the hair above ^F24: he [is] forehead bald;
to distinguish him from him that is bald behind: [yet is] he clean;
as the other: these cases are observed, that it might not be concluded that every man that shed his hair or was bald either before or behind was a leper, because the hair of a leper used to fall off from him; if he had not the other signs of leprosy, and which were the sure and true signs of it before mentioned.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Misn. Negaim, c. 10. sect. 10.

Leviticus 13:41 In-Context

39 the priest will make an examination. If the irritated areas on the skin are pale white, a rash has developed on the skin. The person is clean.

40 "If a man loses his hair, he is clean, even though he is bald.

41 If he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is clean, even though he is bald on the forehead.

42 But if there is a pink patch on the bald places in back or in front, a skin disease is developing in those places.

43 The priest will examine him. If the sore from the disease in the bald places in back or in front is pink like a skin disease somewhere else on the body,