Numbers 5:1-4
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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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Unclean Persons
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse;(A) 3 you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp; they must not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”(B) 4 The Israelites did so, putting them outside the camp; as the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.
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