Numbers 5:2

Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has an issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a + 5:2 Gr. soul.dead body.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

In Context

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

3Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:46All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be esteemed unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp.

Leviticus 21:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,

Numbers 12:14And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, + 12:14 Gr. will.would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.

Numbers 19:14And this is the law; if a man die in a house, every one that goes into the house, and all things in the house, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 31:19And ye shall encamp outside the great camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a + 31:19 i. e. of a slain man.dead body, + 31:19 Or, shall purify himself.shall be purified on the third day, and ye and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the seventh day.

2 Kings 7:3And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:2-11

The Unclean to Be Removed. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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