1. The Lord instructed Moses:
2. “Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.
3. You must send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”
4. The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.
5. The Lord spoke to Moses:
6. “Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the Lord and is guilty.