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Deuteronomy 23:9-14
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9 “If[a] you go out to encamp against your enemies, then you shall guard against doing anything evil.

10 “If there is among you a man that is not clean because of a seminal emission during the night,[b] he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come within the camp. 11 And then[c] toward the coming[d] of the evening, he shall bathe with[e] water, and at the going down[f] of the sun, he may come to the midst of the camp.

12 “And there shall be for you a designated place outside the camp; and you shall go there to relieve yourself,[g] 13 and a digging tool[h] shall be included in addition to your other utensils[i] for yourself; and then[j] when you relieve yourself[k] outside the camp you shall dig with it, and then you shall turn, and you shall cover your excrement. 14 For Yahweh your God is walking about in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to hand your enemies over to you before you,[l] and so let your camp be holy, so that he shall not see in it anything indecent,[m] and he shall turn away from going with you.[n]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:9 Or “when”
  2. Deuteronomy 23:10 Literally “of the night”
  3. Deuteronomy 23:11 Literally “And it will happen/come about that”
  4. Deuteronomy 23:11 Literally “turning”
  5. Deuteronomy 23:11 Hebrew “in” but this is instrumental use of this preposition
  6. Deuteronomy 23:11 The verb can mean “coming/going” and here it means “going”
  7. Deuteronomy 23:12 Literally “and you shall go out there, outside to relieve yourself”
  8. Deuteronomy 23:13 Or “spade”
  9. Deuteronomy 23:13 Hebrew “utensil”
  10. Deuteronomy 23:13 Literally “and it will happen”
  11. Deuteronomy 23:13 Literally “at your sitting”
  12. Deuteronomy 23:14 Literally “to give your enemies to the face of you”
  13. Deuteronomy 23:14 Literally “nakedness of a thing”
  14. Deuteronomy 23:14 Literally “from behind/after you”
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Deuteronomy 23:9-14
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Uncleanness in the Camp

9 When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.(A) 10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.(B) 11 But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset(C) he may return to the camp.(D)

12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14 For the Lord your God moves(E) about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy,(F) so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

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