Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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?
Four leprous
Bible References
Four leprous
2 Kings 5:1
Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a brave warrior, but he had a skin disease.
2 Kings 8:4
The king had been speaking to Gehazi, the attendant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things Elisha has done.”
Leviticus 13:46
He will remain unclean as long as he has the infection; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
Numbers 5:2
“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.
Numbers 12:14
The Lord answered Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
Why
2 Kings 7:4
If we say, ‘Let’s go into the city,’ we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s go to the Arameans’ camp. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
Jeremiah 8:14 Why are we just sitting here?
Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has destroyed us.
He has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has destroyed
He has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 27:13
Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, or plague as the Lord has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?