Albert Barnes Commentary Numbers 5:1-4

"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 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: both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel." — Numbers 5:1-4 (ASV)

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest to and vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratic law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that causes offense can be allowed to remain (Revelation 21:27).

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest to and vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratic law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that causes offense can be allowed to remain (Revelation 21:27).

Compare the marginal references. The precepts of Leviticus 13 and Leviticus 15 are now fully carried out for the first time. They could hardly have been so earlier, during the hurry and confusion that must have accompanied the march out of Egypt and the encampments that next followed.

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest to and vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratic law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that causes offense can be allowed to remain (Revelation 21:27).

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest to and vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratic law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that causes offense can be allowed to remain (Revelation 21:27).

Compare the marginal references. The precepts of Leviticus 13 and Leviticus 15 are now fully carried out for the first time. They could hardly have been so earlier, during the hurry and confusion that must have accompanied the march out of Egypt and the encampments that next followed.