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both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp shall you put them; that they not defile their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
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God's Presence Demands Purity
Commentators explain that the primary reason for removing the unclean from the camp was the holy presence of God dwelling in their midst. John Gill notes that the tabernacle was at the center of the camp, and God's holiness required the surrounding community to be pure. This teaches that fellowship with a holy God necessitates a separation from what is defiling.
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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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Both male and female shall you put out Whether leprous, or profluvious, or defiled by touching a dead carcass: by th…
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…