Deuteronomy 24:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 If someone is caught kidnaping another Israelite, enslaving or selling the Israelite, then that kidnaper shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
8 Guard against an outbreak of a leprous[a] skin disease by being very careful; you shall carefully observe whatever the levitical priests instruct you, just as I have commanded them. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your journey out of Egypt.
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- Deuteronomy 24:8 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain
Deuteronomy 24:7-9
New International Version
7 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)
8 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) 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.(E)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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