Freckles & Baldness

Reading:   Leviticus 13:29-59

Fear not, oh ye freckled or bald ones for ye are clean!

LEVITICUS 13:38-43

38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 

39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 

40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. 

41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. 

Continuing on with the plagues of the skin, it was immensely refreshing to find these verses declaring freckles and baldness, even forehead baldness, normal and considered clean in nature.  Of course the priests must still check it for signs of uncleanliness but, for the most part, these were not to be branded as deformities or signs of leprosy - whew!

Okay, I must apologize for the misleading blog from yesterday...I thought that the leprosy discussion was only in one chapter but it continues on even into the next.  The exciting "infection" stuff doesn't occur until the chapter after that...sorry.  But, as for today, let us rejoice in the cleanliness of our bald and freckled ones!

Here is a relevant (kind of) quote from one of my favorite intellectuals, Karl Pilkington:

That's the problem with having a bald head.  It exaggerates the shape.

~Kipling