Leviticus 13:18

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And when the flesh has a boil in the skin and it is healed,

Latin

Caro autem et cutis in qua ulcus natum est, et sanatum,

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Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Leviticus 13:1–46

a skin disease: The Hebrew word tsaraʿat refers to more than Hansen’s disease (leprosy), which is rare and severely disfiguring. In Leviticus, the word describes many different conditions. These include:

an open sore (13:10),
a boil (13:18),
a burn (13:24),
a sore on the head or chin (13:29),
shiny white patches (13:38), or
unusual baldness (13:40).

A key test was whether the condition spread to other parts of the body (13:5–8). If it did, they quarantined the person while the disorder lasted (13:46). Not only people, but also clothing and even buildings could become infected (13:47–59; 14:33–53).

Leviticus 13:1–14:57

Regarding regulations for infections, the idea of "normal" and "abnormal" is important (see “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note). Infections in people, clothing, or buildings are not normal. They indicate disease and death. This is the opposite of wholeness. So, infections make a person ceremonially unclean.

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Ancient Law Codes Clean, Unclean, and Holy

Related verses

Exodus 9:9
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Exodus 15:26
…saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Psalm 38:3–7
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Isaiah 38:21
Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
2 Kings 20:7
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

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