“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:”
Command the children of Israel, that they send out of the camp every leper — the removal of lepers from the camp creates a protective perimeter around the sanctified space where YHWH dwells. Leprosy (tzara'at) is a boundary condition marking the person as ritually unclean and threatening to communal holiness.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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