Unclean People

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel that they put ^dout of the camp everyone who is ^eleprous¹ or has a ^fdischarge and everyone who is unclean ^gthrough contact with the dead. 3 You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not ^hdefile their camp, ⁱin the midst of which I dwell.” 4 And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.

14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ^vspit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? ^wLet her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” 15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.

The Syrians Flee

3 Now there were four men who were lepers^{1 n}at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

5 ^sAnd the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper¹ to the day of his death, and he lived ^tin a separate house.² And ^uJotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

21 And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and ^wbeing a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land.