Deuteronomy 23:9

(23-10) When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

In Context

8(23-9) The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.

10(23-11) If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:11Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.

2 Chronicles 19:4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:2-9

Laws of Separation. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord . 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord . 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and… Read the whole commentary →

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