Leviticus 13:18

18 "Someone may have a boil on his skin that is healed.

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 If the open sore becomes white again, the person must come to the priest.

17 The priest must look at him, and if the sores have become white, the priest must announce that the person with the sores is clean. Then he will be clean.

18 "Someone may have a boil on his skin that is healed.

19 If in the place where the boil was, there is a white swelling or a bright red spot, this place on the skin must be shown to the priest.

20 And the priest must look at it. If the spot seems deeper than the skin and the hair on it has become white, the priest must announce that the person is unclean. The spot is a harmful skin disease that has broken out from inside the boil.