7:3a Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate,

Meanwhile four lepers were ⌊sitting/waiting⌋ outside the city gate.

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Outside the gate of ⌊Samaria⌋ city, four men with a skin disease

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While Elisha was saying this, four men suffering from a terrible skin disease were/gathered outside the gate if Samaria.

7:3b and they said to one another,

They said to one another,

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were talking to one another. One of them said,

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They began to say to one another that

7:3c “Why just sit here until we die?

“Why should we (incl.) stay here until we die?

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“If we sit here ⌊and do nothing⌋ , we will surely die/starve.

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it was foolish to wait at the gate until they starved to death.

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