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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The flesh also, in which, <i>even</i> in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If the body develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now when the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And when the body has a boil on its skin, and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“And when there is on the skin of the body [the scar of] a boil that is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When a boil appears on the skin of someone’s body and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a boil appears on the skin of one&#8217s body and it heals, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If a boil on the skin has healed<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If any of you have a boil that has healed <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When someone is infected with a boil, but after it's healed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a boil appears on someone?s skin and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The flesh also, in which, even in the skin of it, was a boil, and is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when flesh has in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it has been healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when the flesh shall be in it, in his skin, a burning sore, and was healed,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But when there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If a boil appeared on a person’s skin which later healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When there is on the skin of one’s body a boil that has healed,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The flesh also, if there is in the skin thereof a boil and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the flesh, if there will be an abscess in his skin, and it will be healed,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3023" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/7822.htm" title="7822: šə·ḥîn (N-ms) -- A boil, eruption. From an unused root probably meaning to burn; inflammation, i.e. An ulcer.">a boil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">appears</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw- (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇə·‘ō·rōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on someone’s skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·ḇā·śār (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: wə·nir·pā (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">and it heals,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8-9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-10</a></span><br />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. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,</p><p class="hdg">a boil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Exodus 9:9</a></b></br> And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth <i>with</i> blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a></b></br> 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 <i>am</i> the LORD that healeth thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm">2 Kings 20:7</a></b></br> And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he recovered.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/33-4.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/21-19.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Heals</a> <a href="/genesis/44-2.htm">One's</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Ulcer</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Heals</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">One's</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Ulcer</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When a boil appears on someone’s skin</b><br>In the ancient Near East, skin diseases were a significant concern due to their potential to spread and cause ritual impurity. A boil, or inflamed sore, was a common ailment that could indicate a more serious condition. The Hebrew term used here can refer to various skin eruptions, not just boils as understood today. The presence of a boil required careful examination by a priest, as outlined in Leviticus, to determine if it was a sign of a more severe disease like leprosy. This reflects the broader biblical theme of purity and the need for the community to remain holy, as God is holy (<a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a>).<p><b>and it heals,</b><br>The healing of a boil was a hopeful sign, indicating that the condition was not chronic or contagious. In biblical times, healing was often seen as a sign of God's favor and mercy. The process of healing also had spiritual implications, as it allowed the individual to be restored to full participation in the community and worship. This reflects the biblical theme of restoration and redemption, which is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who heals and restores humanity from the effects of sin (<a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>; <a href="/matthew/8-17.htm">Matthew 8:17</a>). The healing of physical ailments in the Old Testament often prefigures the spiritual healing brought by Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He was responsible for conveying these laws to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and the first high priest of Israel. He and his descendants were responsible for carrying out the laws concerning cleanliness and uncleanliness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, which were given to guide them in holiness and purity as God's chosen people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received the Levitical laws during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/boil.htm">Boil</a></b><br>A skin condition mentioned in the law, which required examination by a priest to determine cleanliness or uncleanliness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize the importance of holiness and purity in the life of God's people. We are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The examination of skin diseases by priests highlights the role of community leaders in maintaining spiritual and physical health within the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing.htm">Spiritual Cleansing</a></b><br>Just as physical ailments required examination and cleansing, we must regularly examine our spiritual lives and seek God's cleansing through repentance and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_healing.htm">Compassion and Healing</a></b><br>Jesus' healing of lepers demonstrates God's compassion and power to heal. We are called to show compassion to those who are suffering and to seek God's healing in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites were required to obey God's laws concerning cleanliness. Similarly, we are called to obey God's Word and trust in His provision for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_a_leper_be_healed_instantly_by_touch.htm">In Luke 5:12-14, is there any medical or historical basis for a leper being instantly healed by a single touch?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_priests_diagnose_skin_diseases.htm">How could priests with no formal medical training accurately diagnose skin diseases (Leviticus 13:1-8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_love_reconcile_lev._18_22.htm">Leviticus 18:22 condemns same-sex relations; how can this be reconciled with the New Testament emphasis on love (John 13:34-35)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_leprosy.htm">What does the Bible mention about leprosy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">The flesh also, in which.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">and if there is in the skin of the flesh a boil. </span>The third case, discussed in <a href="/context/leviticus/13-18.htm" title="The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,">Leviticus 13:18-28</a>, 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 <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm" title="Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;">Leviticus 13:24</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 18-23.</span> - 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 <span class="cmt_word">a burning boil</span>, or rather <span class="accented">an ulcerous scar</span>, in which case <span class="cmt_word">the priest shall pronounce him clean</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a boil</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁחִ֑ין</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḥîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7822.htm">Strong's 7822: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inflammation, an ulcer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appears</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on someone’s skin</span><br /><span class="heb">בְעֹר֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘ō·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it heals,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִרְפָּֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nir·pā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-18.htm">Leviticus 13:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:18 When the body has a boil (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>