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Leviticus 13:18

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,

Douay-Rheims 1899

When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed,

Free Bible Version

When a boil comes up on someone's skin and then it heals,

Geneva Bible 1599

The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed,

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

‘Then someone has a boil on his skin and it has healed,

Unlocked Literal Bible

When a person has a boil on the skin and it has healed,

Noah Webster Bible

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,

Young's Literal Translation

'And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,

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.

Summary

Leviticus 13:18 discusses the diagnosis of a skin disease by the priest, where if the infection covers the skin from head to foot, the person is declared clean. This verse highlights the meticulous process of examination and the authority given to the priest to determine the cleanliness or uncleanness of the individual. It showcases the importance of following God's laws and regulations regarding cleanliness and health to maintain holiness within the community. The detailed instructions in Leviticus serve as a reminder of the Israelites' need for obedience and purity in their worship and daily lives.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
John Gill
Matthew Henry

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

In the skin thereof, was a boil - Scheuchzer supposes this and the following verse to speak of phlegmonic, erysipelatous, gangrenous, and phagedenic ulcers, all of which were subjected to the examination of the priest, to see whether they were infectious, or whether the leprosy might not take its origin from them. A person with any sore or disposition to contagion was more likely to catch the infection by contact with the diseased person, than he was whose skin was whole and sound, and his habit good.

Leviticus 13:18

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.

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Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,

Douay-Rheims 1899

When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed,

Free Bible Version

When a boil comes up on someone's skin and then it heals,

Geneva Bible 1599

The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed,

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

‘Then someone has a boil on his skin and it has healed,

Unlocked Literal Bible

When a person has a boil on the skin and it has healed,

Noah Webster Bible

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,

Young's Literal Translation

'And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,

Adam Clarke
John Gill
Matthew Henry

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

In the skin thereof, was a boil - Scheuchzer supposes this and the following verse to speak of phlegmonic, erysipelatous, gangrenous, and phagedenic ulcers, all of which were subjected to the examination of the priest, to see whether they were infectious, or whether the leprosy might not take its origin from them. A person with any sore or disposition to contagion was more likely to catch the infection by contact with the diseased person, than he was whose skin was whole and sound, and his habit good.