“Be careful with a person who has a case of serious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.(A)

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Respect for Human Dignity

Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely[a] all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam[b] along the way after you left Egypt.

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Notas al pie

  1. Deuteronomy 24:8 tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”
  2. Deuteronomy 24:9 sn What the Lord your God did to Miriam. The reference is to Miriam’s having contracted leprosy because of her intemperate challenge to Moses’ leadership (Num 12:1-15). The purpose for the allusion here appears to be the assertion of the theocratic leadership of the priests who, like Moses, should not be despised.