Overview
The Bible addresses boil across 10 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Leviticus, Exodus and Job. Closely related themes include Leprosy, Priests, Sanitation and Animals. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses and Job.
Key Bible verses about boil
Old Testament
Exodus
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Leviticus
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
People in the Bible and boil
Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying boil for yourself
- Begin with Exodus 9:9, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how Leviticus, Exodus and Job each treat the theme.
- Consider the lives of Moses and Job and how their stories intersect with it.
- Widen the study to related themes: Leprosy, Priests, Sanitation and Animals.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about boil?
The Bible addresses boil across 10 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Leviticus, Exodus and Job. Closely related themes include Leprosy, Priests, Sanitation and Animals. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses and Job.
How many Bible verses are about boil?
The Bible references boil in 10 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention boil?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is Exodus 9:9: “And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Which people in the Bible are associated with boil?
Moses and Job.
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