There were four men sick with leprosy [78] near the city gate. They said to each other, “Why are we sitting here waiting to die?
2 Chronicles 26:21 - Easy To Read Version Uzziah the king was a leper. {\cf2\super [307]} He could not enter the Lord’s temple. Uzziah’s son Jotham controlled the king’s house and became governor for the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and, being a leper, he dwelt in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Lord's house. And Jotham his son took charge of the king's household, ruling the people of the land. American Standard Version (1901) And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land. Common English Bible King Uzziah had skin disease until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, diseased in his skin, because he was barred from the LORD’s temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace administration and governed the people of the land. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, king Uzziah was a leper, even until the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, being full of leprosy, because of which he had been ejected from the house of the Lord. Then Jotham, his son, directed the house of the king, and he was judging the people of the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death. And he dwelt in a house apart, being full of the leprosy for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king's house, and judged the people of the land. |
There were four men sick with leprosy [78] near the city gate. They said to each other, “Why are we sitting here waiting to die?
Azariah the leading priest and all the priests looked at Uzziah. They could see the leprosy on his forehead. The priests quickly forced Uzziah out from the temple. Uzziah himself hurried out because the Lord had punished him.
Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha. Jerusha was Zadok’s daughter.
That person will be unclean [181] the whole time he has the infection. That person is unclean. He must live alone. His home must be outside the camp.
“Then that person must wash his clothes. He must shave off all his hair. And he must wash with water. Then he will be clean. [195] Then that person may go into the camp. But he must stay outside his tent for seven days.
So they took Miriam outside the camp for seven days. And the people did not move from that place until she was brought in again.
So the people of Israel obeyed God’s command. They sent those people outside the camp. They did what the Lord had commanded to Moses.