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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 13:18

If you have a sore that either swells or turns reddish-white after it has healed, then you must show it to a priest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Boil;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Boils;   Diseases;   Health-Disease;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Leprosy;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hair;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Diseases;   Leviticus;   Sore;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Boil;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Leper;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Boil (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Boil;   Leprosy;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
King James Version
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
Lexham English Bible
"And when someone's body has a skin sore on his skin and it is healed
New Century Version
"Someone may have a boil on his skin that is healed.
New English Translation
"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,
Amplified Bible
"And when there is on the skin of the body [the scar of] a boil that is healed,
New American Standard Bible
"Now when the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed,
Legacy Standard Bible
"When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: iii) "If a person has on his skin a boil that heals
Darby Translation
And the flesh—when in the skin thereof cometh a boil, and it is healed,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Someone might get a boil on their skin that heals over.
English Standard Version
"If there is in the skin of one's body a boil and it heals,
George Lamsa Translation
The flesh also, if there is in the skin thereof a boil and it is healed,
Good News Translation
If any of you have a boil that has healed
Christian Standard Bible®
“When a boil appears on the skin of someone’s body and it heals,
Literal Translation
And when the flesh has a boil in its skin, and it has been healed,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan there is a byle in the ßkynne of eny mans flesh, and healeth agayne,
American Standard Version
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,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The fleshe also in whose skinne there is a byle, and is healed,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,
King James Version (1611)
The flesh also, in which, euen in the skinne thereof was a bile, and is healed,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed,
English Revised Version
And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,
Berean Standard Bible
When a boil appears on someone's skin and it heals,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Fleisch and skyn, in which a botche is bred,
Young's Literal Translation
`And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed,
Update Bible Version
And when the flesh has a boil on it, and it is 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,
New King James Version
"If the body develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed,
New Living Translation
"If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,
New Life Bible
"When there is a sore on the skin of the body that has been healed,
New Revised Standard
When there is on the skin of one's body a boil that has healed,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, any one's flesh, hath, in the skin thereof, a boil, - and then it is healed;
Douay-Rheims Bible
When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin, and it has been healed:
Revised Standard Version
"And when there is in the skin of one's body a boil that has healed,
THE MESSAGE
"When a person has a boil and it heals and in place of the boil there is white swelling or a reddish-white shiny spot, the person must present himself to the priest for an examination. If it looks like it has penetrated the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest will pronounce him unclean. It is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil. But if the examination shows that there is no white hair in it and it is only skin deep and has faded, the priest will put him in quarantine for seven days. If it then spreads over the skin, the priest will diagnose him as unclean. It is infectious. But if the shiny spot has not changed and hasn't spread, it's only a scar from the boil. The priest will pronounce him clean.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,

Contextual Overview

18If you have a sore that either swells or turns reddish-white after it has healed, then you must show it to a priest. 20 If he discovers that the hair in the infected area has turned white and that the infection seems more than skin deep, he will say, "This is leprosy—you are unclean." 21 But if the white area is only on the surface of the skin and hasn't gotten any worse, and if the hair in it hasn't turned white, he will have you stay away from everyone else for seven days. 22 If the sore begins spreading during this time, the priest will say, "You are unclean because you have a disease." 23 But if it doesn't spread, and only a scar remains, he will say, "You are now clean." 24 If you have a burn that gets infected and turns red or reddish-white, 25 a priest must examine it. Then if he discovers that the hair in the infected area has turned white and that the infection seems more than skin deep, he will say, "The burn has turned into leprosy, and you are unclean." 26 But if the priest finds that the hair in the infected area hasn't turned white and that the sore is only skin deep and it is healing, he will have you stay away from everyone else for seven days. 27 On the seventh day the priest will examine you again, and if the infection is spreading, he will say, "This is leprosy—you are unclean." 28 However, if the infection hasn't spread and has begun to heal, and if only a scar remains, he will say, "Only a scar remains from the burn, and you are clean."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a boil: Exodus 9:9, Exodus 15:26, 2 Kings 20:7, Job 2:7, Psalms 38:3-7, Isaiah 38:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:25 - turned white

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the Lord . Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice.
Genesis 13:4
where he had earlier camped and built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "We are close relatives. We shouldn't argue, and our men shouldn't be fighting one another.
Genesis 14:13
At this time Abram the Hebrew was living near the oaks that belonged to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his brothers Eshcol and Aner were Abram's friends. Someone who had escaped from the battle told Abram
Genesis 18:1
One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of Mamre, when the Lord appeared to him.
Genesis 35:27
Jacob went to his father Isaac at Hebron, also called Mamre or Kiriath-Arba, where Isaac's father Abraham had lived as a foreigner.
Genesis 37:14
His father said, "Go and find out how your brothers and the sheep are doing. Then come back and let me know." So he sent him from Hebron Valley. Joseph was near Shechem
Numbers 13:22
As they went through the Southern Desert, they came to the town of Hebron, which was seven years older than the Egyptian town of Zoan. In Hebron, they saw the three Anakim clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai.
Joshua 14:13
Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.
Psalms 16:8
I will always look to you, as you stand beside me and protect me from fear.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The flesh also, in which, [even] in the skin thereof, was a boil,.... Or hot ulcer, by which, says Maimonides n you may understand any stroke by a stone, stick, or iron, or any other thing: and in the Misnah o, it is asked, what is an ulcer (or boil)? a stroke by wood, stone, pitch, or hot water; all that is from the force of fire is an ulcer:

and is healed; by the use of medicine, and the part, in all appearance, as well and as sound as ever.

n In Misn. Negaim, c. 6. sect. 8. o Ib. c. 9. sect. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 13:18. In the skin thereof, was a boilScheuchzer 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.


 
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