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Numbers 5:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Numbers 5:1-3
Contemporary English Version
People Are Sent Outside the Camp
5 The Lord told Moses 2-3 to say to the people of Israel, “Put out of the camp everyone who has leprosy[a] or a bodily discharge or who has touched a dead body. Now that I live among my people, their camp must be kept clean.”
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- 5.2,3 leprosy: The word translated “leprosy” was used for many different kinds of skin diseases.
Numbers 5:1-3
New International Version
Numbers 5:1-3
New International Version
The Purity of the Camp
5 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “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) 3 Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(E)”
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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