This verse introduces a section that deals with how various skin conditions affects an individual standing in the religious community. These conditions are: boils (Leviticus 13:18–23); burns (Leviticus 13:24–28); scabs on the head or chin (Leviticus 13:29–37); bright spots on the body (Leviticus 13:38–39); and bald areas (Leviticus 13:40–41).
18 “If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals,