Numbers 5:3

“Both male and female shall ye put out, etc.] Whether leprous, or profluvious, or defiled by touching a dead carcass: by this law, Miriam, when leprous, was put out of the camp, (<041214>Numbers 12:14,15); without the camp shall ye put them; which is repeated that it might be taken notice of, and punctually observed: that they defile not their camps; of which there were four, the camps of Judah, Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan: in the midst whereof I dwell; for the tabernacle, which was the dwelling place of the Lord, was in the midst of the camps of Israel; they were pitched on the four quarters of it; and this is a reason why impure persons were not suffered to be in the camp of Israel, because of…”

“The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27). The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection,…”

“That they defile not the camp - By which God would intimate the danger of being made guilty by other mens sins, and the duty of avoiding intimate converse with wicked men. I dwell - By my special and gracious presence. Numbers 5:6”

“without: Kg1 7:3; Co1 5:7-13; Co2 6:17; Th2 3:6; Tit 3:10; Heb 12:15, Heb 12:16; Jo2 1:10, Jo2 1:11; Rev 21:27 defile not: Num 19:22; Hag 2:13, Hag 2:14 in the midst: Lev 26:11, Lev 26:12; Deu 23:14; Psa 68:18; Isa 12:6; Co2 6:16; Rev 21:3 Numbers 5:6”