Leviticus 13:18

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

Leviticus 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:18

The flesh also, in which, [even] in the skin thereof, was a
boil
Or hot ulcer, by which, says Maimonides ^F14 you may understand any stroke by a stone, stick, or iron, or any other thing: and in the Misnah ^F15, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 In Misn. Negaim, c. 6. sect. 8.
F15 Ib. c. 9. sect. 1.

Leviticus 13:18 In-Context

16 But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

17 The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.

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

19 and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.

20 The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.