You asked me what might have happened next to the leper.
Nothing in real life because magic isn't real. But withing the context of this fictitious story we can only assume he did as instructed. That is neither remarkable or controversial in any way.
Incidentally this proves my point when the narrative is convenient you follow the simplest most straightforward conclusion. When the bible provides a contradiction or magic you begin reaching for an elaborate explanation instead of arriving at the simplest solution that it's a contradiction.
This is a confirmation bias at work.
One of my favorite examples is how did Noah fit millions/billions of animals all around planet into a boat. Can you explain the logistics there?
Because without some serious mental gymnastics maths isn't mathing. I always enjoy Christians appologists sweat trying to explain their way out of that one.
You were already explained how Noah did this and the issue again is you misunderstanding the text and by applying a modern worldview. I'll break it down again.
God instructed Noah to bring two of every “kind” of land animal, and seven pairs of certain clean animals (Genesis 6–7).
The term “kind” in Hebrew means "min", not modern biological “species.”
Noah did not take millions of species. He took representatives of broader categories (“kinds”). For example: Instead of every dog breed, just two wolf-like ancestors. Instead of every cat species, two ancestral cats. After the flood, animals diversified into today’s species. Not everything animal would of been full grown, juvenile animals are much smaller in size and require a less amount of food.
Ark Dimensions (Genesis 6:15)
Length: 300 cubits. Width: 50 cubits. Height: 30 cubits. A cubit is 18 inches (0.45 m). That gives Length: 450 ft (137 m). Width: 75 ft (23 m) and Height: 45 ft (14 m).
Total Volume 450×75×45=1,518,750 cubic feet is about 43,000 cubic meters. Roughly equal to 522 modern railroad boxcars in volume.
The ark had 3 decks. 450×75×3=101,250 square feet. That’s about the size of a large warehouse. 1,500–2,000 “kinds” of animals doubled for pairs. Total estimate: 6,000–16,000 animals
16,000 animals as a high-end estimate. Most animals are small. 90% of animal species are smaller than sheep. Many are rodents, birds, reptiles. A sheep requires about 10–15 square feet of stall space. Let’s assume 12 sq ft per animal.
16,000×12=192,000sq ft. Here's where addone would say, "But the ark only had 101,250 sq ft total deck space."
If average animal volume equals roughly 3 cubic feet (many small animals, some large ones), then:
16,000×3=48,000 cubic feet
Ark total volume: 1,518,750 cubic feet. Animals would occupy only about 3–4% of total volume.
That leaves food storage, waste, space for Noah's family, and walkways.
Math doesn't lie. There's many videos giving this demonstration too.
God is amazing.