Deuteronomy 23:10
Any man there who becomes unclean because of a release of semen must leave the camp and remain outside.
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In Context
9When you are in an army camp during a war with your enemies, make sure you avoid anything wrong.
11Towards the end of the day he must wash himself with water, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
Cross References
Leviticus 15:16When a man has a release of semen, he must wash his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
Joshua 6:18But stay away from everything set apart for the Lord, for if you were to take anything you too would be liable to be destroyed, and you would also bring disaster on the camp of Israel.
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 →