“…AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE”

“It happened that four lepers were sitting just outside the city gate.  They said to one another, “What are we doing sitting here at death’s door?  If we enter the famine-struck city, we’ll die; if we stay here, we’ll die.  So let’s take our chances in the camp of Aram and throw ourselves on their mercy.  If they receive us, we’ll live.  If they kill us, we’ll die.  We’ve...