Numbers 5:1-4
English Standard Version
Unclean People
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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.” 4 And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.
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- Numbers 5:2 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Numbers 5:1-4
Lexham English Bible
Rules Concerning Those Unclean
5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites:[a] they must send everyone from the camp who is afflicted with a rash,[b] everyone with a fluid discharge, and everyone unclean through contact with a corpse. 3 You will send away both male and female;[c] you will send them outside the camp.[d] They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst.” 4 So the Israelites[e] did so. They sent them away outside the camp;[f] just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the Israelites.[g]
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- Numbers 5:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 5:2 The precise meaning is uncertain; many modern translations suggest “leprosy”
- Numbers 5:3 Literally “from male until female”
- Numbers 5:3 Literally “to an outside place of the camp”
- Numbers 5:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 5:4 Literally “to an outside place of the camp”
- Numbers 5:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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