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Unclean Persons

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one having a discharge, and every one that is unclean through contact with the dead; you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”

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Rules About Cleanliness

The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people to send away from the camp anyone who is unclean, that is, anyone who has a serious skin disease[a] or discharge and anyone who has touched a dead body. Whether they are a man or a woman, send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:2 serious skin disease This could be leprosy, or it could be another kind of contagious skin disease.