Commentary for II Kings 7:3
וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים הָי֥וּ מְצֹרָעִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֔הוּ מָ֗ה אֲנַ֛חְנוּ יֹשְׁבִ֥ים פֹּ֖ה עַד־מָֽתְנוּ׃
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: ‘Why sit we here until we die?
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Rashi on II Kings
There were four men. Geichazi and his sons.1See Maseches Sanhedrin 107b. 2These four were the only people suffering from tzora’as. Elisha had healed all other Bnei Yisroel suffering from tzora’as.—Malbim
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Malbim on II Kings
The questions: Why does it say people who are metzoraim were outside the gate?
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