Leviticus 13:40

Baldness on the Head

13:40 “When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, ¹  he is clean.

Leviticus 14:57

14:57 to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. ²  This is the law for dealing with infectious disease.” ³ 

[13:40]  ¹ tn Heb “And a man, when his head is rubbed bare, he is bald-headed.” The translation offered here, referring to the back of the head (i.e., the area from the top of the head sloping backwards), is based on the contrast between this condition and that of the following verse. See also B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 82.

[14:57]  ² tn Heb “to teach in the day of the unclean and in the day of the clean.”

[14:57]  ³ tn Heb “This is the law of the disease.” Some English versions specify this as “skin disease” (e.g., NIV, NLT), but then have to add “and (+ infectious NLT) mildew” (so NIV) because a house would not be infected with a skin disease.