Numbers 5:2 ““Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin…”

Numbers 5:2

“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse.

American Standard 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 unclean by the dead:

Geneva Bible 1599

Commaund the children of Israel that they put out of the hoste euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead.

Darby Translation

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 a dead person:

Young's Literal Translation

'Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body;

Bible in Basic English

Give 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;

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“put out of the camp”

Leviticus 13:46 Numbers 12:14 2 Kings 7:3 Deuteronomy 24:8 Deuteronomy 24:9

Leviticus 13:46 · BSB

As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

Numbers 12:14 · BSB

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

2 Kings 7:3 · BSB

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

Deuteronomy 24:8 · BSB

In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

Deuteronomy 24:9 · BSB

Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.

“and every”

Leviticus 15:2–27

Leviticus 15:2–27 · BSB

“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.

“and whosoever”

Leviticus 21:1 Numbers 9:6–10 Numbers 31:19 Numbers 19:11–16

Leviticus 21:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Numbers 9:6–10 · BSB

But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

Numbers 31:19 · BSB

All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

Numbers 19:11–16 · BSB

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then the LORD said to Moses,

3You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

Read Numbers 5