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Leviticus 13:40-47 New International Version (NIV)

40. “A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.

41. If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean.

42. But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead.

43. The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease,

44. the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.

45. “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

46. As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.

47. “As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold—any woolen or linen clothing,

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