Leviticus 13:18
New International Version
“When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals,

New Living Translation
“If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,

English Standard Version
“If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals,

Berean Standard Bible
When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

King James Bible
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

New King James Version
“If the body develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed,

New American Standard Bible
“Now when the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,

NASB 1995
“When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,

NASB 1977
“And when the body has a boil on its skin, and it is healed,

Legacy Standard Bible
“When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,

Amplified Bible
“And when there is on the skin of the body [the scar of] a boil that is healed,

Christian Standard Bible
“When a boil appears on the skin of someone’s body and it heals,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When a boil appears on the skin of one’s body and it heals,

American Standard Version
And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,

English Revised Version
And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If a boil on the skin has healed

Good News Translation
If any of you have a boil that has healed

International Standard Version
"When someone is infected with a boil, but after it's healed,

Majority Standard Bible
When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

NET Bible
"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

New Heart English Bible
"When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,

Webster's Bible Translation
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin of it, was a boil, and is healed,

World English Bible
“When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And when flesh has in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it has been healed,

Young's Literal Translation
'And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,

Smith's Literal Translation
And when the flesh shall be in it, in his skin, a burning sore, and was healed,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed,

Catholic Public Domain Version
But when there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has healed,

New American Bible
If a boil appeared on a person’s skin which later healed,

New Revised Standard Version
When there is on the skin of one’s body a boil that has healed,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The flesh also, if there is in the skin thereof a boil and it is healed,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the flesh, if there will be an abscess in his skin, and it will be healed,
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Laws about Skin Diseases
17The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean. 18When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals, 19and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.…

Cross References
Matthew 8:2-4
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Luke 17:12-14
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.

Mark 1:40-44
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...

2 Kings 5:1-14
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...

Numbers 12:10-15
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ...

Luke 5:12-14
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Deuteronomy 24:8-9
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. / Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

2 Chronicles 26:19-21
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

Isaiah 53:4
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Mark 14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Luke 4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

John 9:1-7
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...

2 Kings 7:3-10
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...


Treasury of Scripture

The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

a boil

Exodus 9:9
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

2 Kings 20:7
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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Leviticus 13
1. The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.














When a boil appears
The Hebrew word for "boil" is "שְׁחִין" (shechin), which refers to an inflamed, painful swelling or sore. In the ancient Near Eastern context, boils were common and could be indicative of various diseases. The presence of a boil was not just a physical ailment but also a potential sign of ritual impurity, which was a significant concern in the Israelite community. The boil's appearance necessitated careful examination by the priest, as outlined in Levitical law, to determine the individual's status of cleanliness before God and the community.

on someone's skin
The Hebrew term for "skin" is "עוֹר" (or), which literally means the outer covering of the body. In the biblical context, the skin was seen as a boundary between the inner self and the external world. The condition of one's skin often symbolized spiritual and physical health. The skin's integrity was crucial for maintaining ritual purity, and any blemish or imperfection required attention to ensure it did not signify a deeper spiritual or communal issue.

and it heals
The process of healing, indicated by the Hebrew word "וְנִרְפָּא" (venirpa), suggests restoration and renewal. Healing in the biblical sense often carried a dual meaning: physical recovery and spiritual restoration. The healing of a boil was not only a return to physical health but also a reinstatement of the individual's ability to participate fully in the religious and communal life of Israel. This reflects the holistic view of health in the Bible, where physical and spiritual well-being are interconnected.

(18) The flesh also, in which.--Rather, and if there is in the skin of the flesh a boil. The third case, discussed in Leviticus 13:18-28, is of leprosy developing itself from a healed boil, or from an inflammation which has apparently been healed. According to those who administered the law in the time of Christ, the boil and inflammation here meant are such as arise from a stroke by a piece of wood or a stone, and from having come in contact with pitch or hot water, thus distinguishing it from the burn by fire mentioned in Leviticus 13:24.

Verses 18-23. - The method of discriminating between a leprous spot and the reappearing scar of an old ulcer. A reappearing ulcer is to be regarded as leprous it' it have the characteristic marks of leprosy; that is, if it be below the cuticle, and the hairs round it arc turned white. If it has not these marks, it has to be watched for seven days, and if in that time it does not spread, it is to be declared a burning boil, or rather an ulcerous scar, in which case the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a boil
שְׁחִ֑ין (šə·ḥîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7822: Inflammation, an ulcer

appears
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

on someone’s skin
בְעֹר֖וֹ (ḇə·‘ō·rōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

and it heals,
וְנִרְפָּֽא׃ (wə·nir·pā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure


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