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Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead:
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God's Presence Demands Purity
Commentators agree this command was not primarily about public health, but about spiritual purity. John Calvin explains that God was not acting as a physician but teaching Israel to pursue holiness. Because God Himself dwelled in the midst of their camp, the community had to reflect His sanctity. The camp was, in effect, a sanctuary, and any defilement was an offense to the holy God present with them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
Command the children of Israel. This passage clearly shows that God, in desiring the lepers to be put out of the camp, was not acting as a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Command the children of Israel Not as from himself, but from the Lord; deliver out the following as a command of his…
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The camp was to be cleansed. The purity of the church must be kept as carefully as the peace and order of it. Every polluted Israelite must be sepa…