Deuteronomy 23:12

Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11But when evening comes near, let him take a bath: and after sundown he may come back to the tents.

13And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till 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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