2 The leprous and the polluted shall be cast forth. 6 The purging of sin. 15 The trial of the suspect wife.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Command the children of Israel that they (A)put out of the host every leper, and every one that hath (B)an issue, and whosoever is defiled by (C)the dead.

Both male and female shall ye put out: [a]out of the host shall ye put them, that they defile not their [b]tents among whom I dwell.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:3 Or, in a place out of the host.
  2. Numbers 5:3 There were three manner of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites.

The Purity of the Camp

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease[a](A) or a discharge(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean(C) because of a dead body.(D) Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.