Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11and it shall be, towards evening, he shall bathe in water: and at the going down of the sun he may come inside the camp.

13And thou shalt have a shovel amongst thy weapons, and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which is come from thee.

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Cross References

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

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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