Leviticus 13:43

43 A priest must look at that person. If the swelling of the sore on his bald head or forehead is red-white, like a skin disease that spreads,

Leviticus 13:43 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:43

Then the priest shall look upon it
The white reddish sore:

and, behold, [if] the rising of the sore;
or the swelling of it:

[be] white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead;
(See Gill on Leviticus 13:42):

as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
as in ( Leviticus 13:2 ) ; having the signs of the leprosy there given; anyone of them, excepting the white hair, which in this case could be no sign, there being none: Jarchi's note is, according to the appearance of the leprosy, said in ( Leviticus 13:2 ) ; and what is said in it is, it defiles by four appearances, and is judged in two weeks; but not according to the appearance of the leprosy said of the boil, and burning, which were judged in one week; nor according to the appearance of the scalls, of the place of hair, which do not defile by the four appearances, the rising or swelling, and the scab of it, the bright spot, and the scab of that.

Leviticus 13:43 In-Context

41 If he loses hair from the front of his head and has a bald forehead, he is clean.

42 But if there is a red-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a skin disease breaking out in those places.

43 A priest must look at that person. If the swelling of the sore on his bald head or forehead is red-white, like a skin disease that spreads,

44 that person has a skin disease. He is unclean. The priest must announce that the person is unclean because of the sore on his head.

45 "If a person has a skin disease that spreads, he must warn other people by shouting, 'Unclean, unclean!' His clothes must be torn at the seams, he must let his hair stay uncombed, and he must cover his mouth.