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A man might take hold of another Israelite and make him his slave. He might try to sell him as a slave. Anyone who does that must die. You must remove evil things from among you.

If you have leprosy, be very careful! Do everything that the Levite priests tell you to do. You must obey everything that I have commanded them. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam after you left Egypt.[a]

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  1. 24:9 See Numbers 12:1-15. Leprosy was a bad disease of the skin. Other people could get the disease very easily.

If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die.(A) You must purge the evil from among you.(B)

In cases of defiling skin diseases,[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical(C) priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.(D) Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.(E)

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.