Isolation of the Unclean

5 The Lord instructed Moses, ² “Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease,^(A) anyone who has a discharge,^(B) or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.^{(C) 3} Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.” ⁴ The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

¹⁷ For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself^(A) on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ The Lord answered Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp^(A) for seven days;^(B) after that she may be brought back in.” ¹⁵ So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought back in.^(C)