Deuteronomy 23:11
And 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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In Context
12You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:25And if it will be necessary to carry any of these dead things, he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until the sun sets.
Leviticus 15:5If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:13If he who suffers from this affliction will have been healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes and his entire body in living water, he shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:17The garment or skin which he will have, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until evening.
Psalms 51:2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, David went to the house of Ahimelech.
Ezekiel 36:25And I will pour clean water over you, and you shall be cleansed from all your filth, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.
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 →