Leviticus 13:41

13:41 If his head is bare on the forehead ¹  so that he is balding in front, ²  he is clean.

Leviticus 8:9

8:9 Finally, he set the turban ³  on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, ⁴  to the front of the turban just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[13:41]  ¹ tn Heb “And if from the front edge of his face, his head is rubbed bare.” See the note on v. 40 above.

[13:41]  ² tn The rendering “balding in front” corresponds to the location of the bareness at the beginning of the verse.

[8:9]  ³ tn Although usually thought to be a “turban” (and so translated by the majority of English versions) this object might be only a “turban-like headband” wound around the forehead area (HALOT 624 s.v. מִצְנֶפֶת).

[8:9]  ⁴ sn The gold plate was attached as a holy diadem to the front of the turban by means of a blue cord, and had written on it “Holy to the Lord” (Exod 28:36-37; 39:30-31). This was a particularly important article of high priestly clothing in that it served as the main emblem indicating Aaron’s acceptable representation of Israel before the Lord (Exod 28:38).