Commentary for Zevachim 233:1

נמצאו זבין וטמאי מתים משתלחין חוץ למחנה אחת והתורה אמרה (במדבר ה, ג) ולא יטמאו את מחניהם

this would result in zabin and the unclean through the dead being sent out from one camp [only],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., the camp of the Shechinah, since both are permitted in the camp of the Israelites (Pes. 67a) .');">¹</span> whereas the Torah said, That they defile not their camps:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 3 q.v.; camps, plural.');">²</span> [this intimates,] assign a camp for this one and a camp for that one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each is sent into a different camp: he who is unclean through the dead is expelled from the camp of the Shechinah but permitted in the Levitical camp, whereas zabin are expelled from the Levitical camp too.');">³</span>

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