Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:41
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.
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 x:
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.
x Misn. Negaim, c. 10. sect. 10.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(41) And he that hath his hair fallen offRather, And if he loseth the hair of his head.
He is forehead bald.This, which according to the administrators of the law, was from the crown of the head descending to his face, and constituted the man a gibbach, was also not a sign of leprosy.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
41. Forehead bald This is in distinction from the hind bald. Lev 13:40, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Reciprocal: Lev 13:40 – hair is fallen off his head
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:41 And he that hath his {l} hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: [yet is] he clean.
(l) By sickness or any other inconvenience.