1. The lord gave these instructions to Moses:
2. “Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person.
3. This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”
4. So the Israelites did as the lord had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.