Deuteronomy 23:10

If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil.

11And he shall not return before the evening, after he has washed with water, and then, after the sun sets, he shall return to the camp.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16A man from whom the seed of sexual intercourse goes out shall wash his entire body with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

Joshua 6:18But you must be careful that you do not touch any of those things, as you have been instructed, for then you would be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel would be under sin and would be troubled.

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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