Outside the Camp

In the law of Moses a pro­tec­tion was arranged for the purity of the peo­ple who lived within the camp of Israel. For example:

The phys­i­cally “unclean” such as lep­ers were excom­mu­ni­cated and had to dwell out­side the bound­aries of the camp. (Leviti­cus 13:46; Num­bers 12:14,15; 14:3)

Indi­vid­u­als who were defiled by run­ning dis­charges …

“The first one was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I kept on behold­ing until its wings were plucked out, and it was lifted up from the earth and was made to stand up on two feet just like a man, and there was given to it the heart of …

Right­eous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you; but I have come to know you, and these have come to know that you sent me forth. And I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be …