^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.

⁴⁶ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be ^(A)outside the camp.

^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. ⁶ Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁷ And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers ^(C)in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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?

¹⁵ So Miriam ^(A)was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.

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. ³ You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, ^(D)in the midst of which I dwell.”