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2 Kings 7:3

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

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ASV

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

KJV

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַרְבָּעָ֧הve.'ar.ba.'Ahand fourH702 →
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
מְצֹרָעִ֖יםme.tzo.ra.'Im[people] having a skin diseaseH6879 →
פֶּ֣תַחPe.tach[the] entrance ofH6607 →
הַשָּׁ֑עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179 →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
רֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
מָ֗הMahwhy?H4100 →
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ'a.Nach.nu[are] weH587 →
יֹשְׁבִ֥יםyo.she.VimsittingH3427 →
פֹּ֖הpohhereH6311 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
מָֽתְנוּ׃Ma.te.nuwe have diedH4191 →

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Leviticus 13:45–46A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’Leviticus 13:46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.Luke 17:12As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distanceNumbers 5:2–4“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.Numbers 12:14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”2 Kings 7:4If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”2 Kings 7:9Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”Jeremiah 27:13Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.2 Kings 8:4Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.Deuteronomy 24:9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.2 Chronicles 26:21So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.Mark 1:40Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”Luke 5:12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

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