Leviticus 13:40-44

Leviticus 13:40-44

[40] And the man  whose hair is fallen  off his head,  he is bald;  yet is he clean.  [41] 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.  [42] And if there be in the bald head,  or bald forehead,  a white  reddish  sore;  it is a leprosy  sprung  up in his bald head,  or his bald forehead.  [43] Then the priest  shall look  upon it: and, behold, if the rising  of the sore  be white  reddish  in his bald head,  or in his bald forehead,  as the leprosy  appeareth  in the skin  of the flesh;  [44] He is a leprous  man,  he is unclean:  the priest  shall pronounce him utterly  his plague  is in his head. 

What does Leviticus 13:40-44 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Baldness did not result in uncleanness, but serious skin disease on the head did. Psoriasis may be in view here. [1]