Deuteronomy 23:12

And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11If there should be in thee a man who is not clean by reason of his issue by night, then he shall go forth out of the camp, and he shall not enter into the camp.

13And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.

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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