Deuteronomy 23:12

(23-13) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11(23-12) But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.

13(23-14) And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16And if the flow of seed go out from a man, then he shall bathe all his 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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