Numbers 5:1

And the Lord said to Moses,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:46While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:1

In this chapter we have, I. An order, pursuant to the laws already made, for the removing of the unclean out of the camp, ver. 1-4 . II. A repetition of the laws concerning restitution, in case of wrong done to a neighbour ( ver. 5-8 ), and concerning the appropriating of the hallowed things to the priests, ver. 9, 10 . III. A new law made concerning the trial of a wife suspected of adultery, by the waters of jealousy, ver. 11 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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