Les Nombres 5:2 Commentaire : Rashi, Kli Yakar, Ramban & Or HaChaim

צו את בני ישראל וגו׳ COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL etc. — This section was spoken on the day when the Tabernacle was erected; there were eight sections spoken on that day, as is related in Treatise Gittin 60a, in the chapter beginning with the word הנזקין.

And they shall send out of the camp all who have tzara’at, etc. After arranging all three camps, each person by his banner, therefore it immediately mentions the order of sanctity of these three camps: for the one with tzara’at is sent away from all three camps, the zav [one with a discharge] is outside of two, and one who is impure due to contact with the dead is outside the camp of the Divine Presence. And this order of sending away corresponds to the words of the Midrash (Naso 7:10) which says And they shall send out of the camp all who have tzara’at refers to idolatry, etc., and all who have a discharge refers to sexual immorality because it comes from emission of seed, and all who are impure due to the dead refers to bloodshed, etc. And it interprets this entire verse as referring to the exiles. This is difficult, for where are the exiles mentioned? Is it the opinion of this Midrash’s author to completely remove this verse from its plain meaning?

AND THEY SHALL SEND AWAY FROM THE CAMP EVERY LEPER etc. After he [Moses] had erected the Tabernacle, He commanded that the impure should be sent away from the camp in order that the camp should be holy and fit for the Divine Presence to reside therein, this being a commandment which was applicable immediately and in [all subsequent] generations.³²See ibid., Vol. I, pp. 39-40. And because He counted Israel after their families, by the house of their fathers,³³Above, 1:2, etc. and separated from them the mixed multitude³⁴Exodus 12:38. See Ramban above, 1:18. which was among them, He concluded with [the law of] the guilt-offering for robberies³⁵Leviticus 5:21-26. See Vol. III, pp. 56-57. [which has to be brought] by one who robs a proselyte.³⁶Further, Verse 8.