Tosefta sur Chroniques 2 26:23
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָיו֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֤ה הַקְּבוּרָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמְּלָכִ֔ים כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ מְצוֹרָ֣ע ה֑וּא וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יוֹתָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (פ)
Ouzzia s’endormit avec ses aïeux, et il fut enterré avec eux dans le champ de la sépulture des rois, car on allégua qu’il était lépreux. Son fils Jotham lui succéda.
Tosefta Kelim Kamma
Rabbi Menachem son of Rabbi Yosei says, cities surrounded by a wall are more holy than the Land of Israel because lepers are sent out from inside of them, and their houses are [sold in] perpetuity ("צמות", see Zar Zahav here) inside of them after twelve months, and a corpse may be carried around inside of them as long as they desire, [but once] it is taken outside [the walls], they cannot bring it back in. And thus it says (2 Chron. 26:23), "And Uzziah was laid to rest with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers, in the burial field of the kings, for they said, 'He is a leper.' And Yotam his son ruled in his place." [Returning to the theme of the previous section,] Rabbi Shimon says, just as there are no [zavim], zavot, niddot, or women after childbirth that may enter the Temple Mount, so too that which they lie on and that which they sit on [may also not enter the Temple Mount].
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