Numbers 5:3
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Cross-references
Numbers 19:22 describes how uncleanness spreads by touch, reinforcing why the camp must be kept pure in Numbers 5:3.
In Numbers 12:14, Miriam is put outside the camp for leprosy, a direct application of the rule in Numbers 5:3 about quarantining the unclean.
In Numbers 35:34, God warns against defiling the land because He dwells there, echoing the same concern for purity where God resides.
Revelation 21:27 applies the same principle: nothing unclean enters the New Jerusalem where God dwells, echoing the camp purity law.
Leviticus 26:11 promises God's dwelling among Israel, which is the very reason for removing uncleanness in Numbers 5:3.
Leviticus 26:12 continues the promise of God walking among them, grounding the purity requirement of Numbers 5:3.
In Revelation 21:3, God's dwelling with people reverses the OT exclusion of the unclean, signaling a new covenant where no defilement separates.
Deuteronomy 23:14 gives the same rationale: God walks in the camp, so it must be holy — directly parallel to Numbers 5:3.
2 Corinthians 6:17 echoes the call to separate from uncleanness, commanding believers to 'come out' and be set apart as God dwells among them.
2 Corinthians 6:16 applies the Leviticus promise of God dwelling among his people, reinforcing the call to purity in Numbers 5:3.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7-13, Paul applies the same principle of purging evil, commanding expulsion of the immoral brother from the community.
In Matthew 8:2, a leper approaches Jesus, who touches and heals him — reversing the OT exclusion of lepers from the camp.
In Deuteronomy 23:10, uncleanness from nocturnal emission requires leaving the camp, reinforcing the same rule for God's presence.
In Leviticus 15:31, God commands separation from uncleanness to prevent defilement of the tabernacle, directly reinforcing the principle in Numbers 5:3.
In Luke 17:12, the lepers keep their distance as required by Numbers 5:3, showing adherence to the quarantine law.
In 2 Chronicles 26:21, Uzziah is separated due to leprosy, reflecting the command in Numbers 5:3 to isolate the unclean from God's presence.
In Leviticus 4:12, the sin offering is burned outside the camp, mirroring the removal of unclean persons to avoid defilement in God's dwelling place.
Haggai 2:13 confirms that uncleanness is contagious, similar to the defilement rules behind the removal command in Numbers 5:3.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 commands separation from disruptive believers – a NT application of removing defiling influences from the community.
Titus 3:10 instructs rejecting a divisive person after warnings – parallel to the OT command to remove those who defile the camp.
Hebrews 12:15 warns against a 'bitter root' that defiles many – analogous to how uncleanness in Numbers 5:3 would defile the camp.
2 John 1:10 commands not to welcome false teachers – a NT parallel to excluding unclean persons from the community.
2 John 1:11 warns that welcoming false teachers makes one complicit – reinforcing the principle of separation from defiling influences.