Numbers 5:4

4 The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

Numbers 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:4

And the children of Israel did so, and put them without the
camp
Aben Ezra observes, that this was done immediately before they journeyed, and that those that were defiled journeyed between the standard of Ephraim and the standard of Dan; but this, he says, was by way of conjecture, since it is not expressed:

as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel;
they were obedient in this particular.

Numbers 5:4 In-Context

2 "Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a [bodily] discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.

3 You must send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them."

4 The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

5 The Lord spoke to Moses:

6 "Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the Lord and is guilty.