Leviticus 13 · Verse 18

Leviticus 13:18

The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
Leviticus 13:18, King James Version

Leviticus 13:18 in other translations

BSBWhen a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
WEB“When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
ASVAnd when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,
YLT‘And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,
DARBYAnd the flesh — when in the skin thereof cometh a boil, and it is healed,
BBEAnd if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,
WebsterThe flesh also, in which, even in the skin of it, was a boil, and is healed,

What does Leviticus 13:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9-37

9-37. if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:18-44
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many grievances. With what troops of diseases are we beset on every side; and thy all entered by sin! If the constitution be healthy, and the body lively and easy, we are bound to glorify God with our bodies. Particular note was taken of the leprosy, if in the head. If the leprosy of sin has seized the head; if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles, which support wicked practices, are embraced, it is utter uncleanness, from which few are cleansed. Soundness in the faith keeps leprosy from the head.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Leviticus 13:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבָשָׂ֕רu.va.Sarand fleshH1320
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בֽוֹ\־vov-on <the> it
בְעֹר֖וֹve.'o.Roon skin itsH5785
שְׁחִ֑יןshe.China boilH7822
וְנִרְפָּֽא\׃ve.nir.Pa'and it will be healedH7495

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 13:18

  • 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.

  • Psalms 38:3-7

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. …

  • Isaiah 38:21

    For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

  • Job 2:7

    So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a boil.
Ex 9:9; 15:26; 2Ki 20:7; Job 2:7; Ps 38:3-7; Isa 38:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 13:17

    And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.

  • Leviticus 13:18

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

  • Leviticus 13:19

    And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

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Leviticus 13:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando en la carne, en su piel, hubiere apostema, y se sanare,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si la chair a eu dans sa peau un ulcère, et qu’il soit guéri,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn im Fleische, in dessen Haut, eine Beule entsteht und wieder heilt,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Caro autem et cutis in qua ulcus natum est, et sanatum,