Leviticus 13:38-40
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
38 [a]When the skin of a man or a woman is spotted with several white blotches, 39 if the priest, upon examination, finds that the blotches on the skin are pale white, it is only tetter that has broken out on the skin, and the person therefore is clean.
40 When a man loses the hair of his head, he is simply bald on the crown and not unclean.(A)
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- 13:38–39 This may refer to vitiligo, where patches of the skin and hair lose pigmentation.
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