“And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.”
They say to one another: "Why do we sit here until we die? If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we shall also die. Now then, come, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die." — the lepers' logic is stark: death is certain in any case; only the Aramean camp offers a chance of life. They abandon the dying city for uncertain hope.
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