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Numbers 5:1-6 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. "Instruct the sons of Israel to cast out of the camp every leper, and those who have a flow of seed, and those who have been polluted because of the dead;

3. cast out of the camp both male and female, lest they contaminate it while I am dwelling with you."

4. And the sons of Israel did so, and they cast them out, beyond the camp, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6. "Say to the sons of Israel: A man or a woman, when they have done anything out of all the sins that often befall men, or if, by negligence, they have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and so have committed an offense,

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