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¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

Command the sons of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and every one that has an issue and anyone who is defiled by the dead.

Both male and female shall ye put out; ye shall put them outside the camp; that they not defile the camp of those among whom I dwell.

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The Purity of the Camp

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease[a](A) or a discharge(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean(C) because of a dead body.(D) Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.