However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area on top of his head or on his forehead, this is a skin disease.
Parallel translations
- WEB But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- KJV 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.
- BSB But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.
- NKJV And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
- NASB But if on the bald head or the bald forehead there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.
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Quick answer
But a reddish-white sore on the bald area may be leprosy breaking out. Even on bald skin, the disease can appear and must be examined.
Overview
If a reddish-white affliction arises on the bald head or forehead, it may be the leprous disease breaking out there. Baldness itself is clean, but it does not exempt one from genuine disease appearing on that skin. The law's precision ensures that no condition escapes proper discernment, neither falsely condemning baldness nor overlooking real affliction.
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