Holy Scripture

Numbers 5:2

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“Why did he command these men, and lepers, and those with gonorrhea, to dwell outside the camp?He teaches us great things from small things. For if one who touches a dead body is unclean, so much the more is one who kills a man, because he incurs blood guilt. And if a leper is unclean, so much the more is one who perpe…”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — QUESTIONS ON NUMBERS 8

Source: Septuagint

Original

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

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In context

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

— Numbers 5:2 —

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

4And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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