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4:49	They were thus counted by Moses at God's bidding, each individual according to his service, what he would carry, and his appointed task, as God had commanded Moses. Al-pi Adonay pakad otam beyad-Moshe ish ish al-avodato ve'al-masa'o ufkudav asher-tsivah Adonay et-Moshe.
5:1	Third Reading God spoke to Moses, saying: Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe lemor.
5:2	Instruct the Israelites to send out of the camp everyone who has a leprous mark or a male discharge, and all who are ritually defiled by the dead. Tsav et-beney Yisra'el vishalchu min-hamachaneh kol-tsarua vechol-zav vechol tame lanafesh.

Commentary:

God spoke to Moses...
This occurred on the first of Nissan, the day the Tabernacle was erected; see Exodus 40:17 (Gittin 60a,b). According to some, this is true of everything in this section up to the Priestly Blessings (see Numbers 6:22). Thus, the narrative now goes back one month to the first of Nissan.

leprous mark
See Leviticus 13:1-46.

male discharge
See Leviticus 15:1-15.

defiled by the dead
(Targum; Rashi; Septuagint). Literally, 'unclean for a soul.' See Numbers 19:14,16.

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