And sometimes the Scripture separates matters that are identical in their laws which would have been possible to include as one statement for two sections, in order to teach that each one is a topic on its own and that they cannot be combined together. As when it separates boils³⁹⁶ and burning³⁹⁷, for this reason.

The laws pertaining to boils and burning are identical, even though the Torah writes about them in two different sections. This is to teach that each is a topic on its own and that they cannot be combined together, meaning that if a person has a boil half the size of a split bean and a burning half the size of a split bean, even though they add up to one split bean, the law still does not apply in such a case; the law only applies for a boil the size of at least one split bean or for a burning the size of at least one split bean³⁹⁸.

footnotes: ³⁹⁶ Leviticus 13:18-23. ³⁹⁷ Leviticus 13:24-28. ³⁹⁸ Malbim, HaTorah v”HaMitzvah Tazria 111.