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New Living Translation

Leviticus 13:18

"If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,

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

18 "If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal, 19 but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined. 20 If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease. 21 But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days. 22 If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease. 23 But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. 24 "If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white, 25 the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease. 26 But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days. 27 On the seventh day the priest must examine the person again. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.

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
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord , and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.
Genesis 13:4
This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.
Genesis 13:7
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Genesis 13:8
Finally Abram said to Lot, "Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
Genesis 14:13
But one of Lot's men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram's allies.
Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.
Genesis 23:2
she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
Genesis 35:27
So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.
Genesis 37:14
"Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along," Jacob said. "Then come back and bring me a report." So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
Numbers 13:22
Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

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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