Deuteronomy 23:10

If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:16When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Joshua 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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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