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.
5. Then the lord said to Moses,
6. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the lord by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.