Minor Skin Conditions and Baldness

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When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,

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the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

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Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

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Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.

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But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.

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The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,

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the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.