Partly, for his humiliation; partly, to prevent the infection of others; and partly, to show the danger of converse with spiritual lepers or notorious sinners. This rule excludes the society of sound persons, but not of lepers. See 2Ki_15:52Ch_26:21.
Without the camp; so Num_12:14; and afterward without cities and places of great concourse, whereof we have examples, 2Ki_7:3Luk_17:12.