Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shall have a place also outside the camp, where thou shall go forth abroad.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

In Context

11But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water, and when the sun is down, he shall come inside the camp.

13And thou shall have a paddle among thy weapons, and it shall be, when thou sit down abroad, thou shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from thee.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:10-15

Moral and Ceremonial Purity Enjoined. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp,… Read the whole commentary →

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