Leviticus 13:41

13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

Leviticus 21:5

21:5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.


tn Heb “And if from the front edge of his face, his head is rubbed bare.” See the note on v. 40 above.

tn The rendering “balding in front” corresponds to the location of the bareness at the beginning of the verse.

tn Heb “they”; the referent (priests, see the beginning of v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “and in their body they shall not [cut] slash[es]” (cf. Lev 19:28). The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rites (cf. Lev 19:27-28 above).