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.
41. So too, if he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is simply bald on the forehead and not unclean.
42. But when there is a reddish white infection on his bald crown or bald forehead, it is a scaly infection that is breaking out there.