Leviticus 13:40-50

40 If you lose your hair at the back or the front of your head, this does not make you unclean.

42 But if a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease.

43 The priest shall examine you, and if there is a reddish-white sore,

44 the priest shall pronounce you unclean, because of the dreaded skin disease on your head.

45 If you have a dreaded skin disease, you must wear torn clothes, leave your hair uncombed, cover the lower part of your face, and call out, "Unclean, unclean!"

46 You remain unclean as long as you have the disease, and you must live outside the camp, away from others.

47 When there is mildew on clothing, whether wool or linen,

48 or on any piece of linen or wool cloth or on leather or anything made of leather,

49 if it is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest.

50 The priest shall examine it and put the object away 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. mildew: [The Hebrew word for "dreaded skin disease" and "mildew" is the same.]