² “Command the people of Israel that they ^(A)put out of the camp everyone who is leprous^[a] or has ^(B)a discharge and everyone who is ^(C)unclean through contact with the dead.

¹⁴ But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ^(A)spat in her face, should she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be ^(B)shut outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” ¹⁵ So Miriam ^(C)was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.

The Syrians Flee

³ Now there were four men who were lepers^{[a] (A)}at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

^5 (A)And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper^[a] to the day of his death, ^(B)and he lived in a separate house.^[b] And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

^21 (A)And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived ^(B)in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king's household, governing the people of the land.

¹² And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,^{[a] (A)}who stood at a distance