Deuteronomy 23:11
If there be among thee a man who is not clean, by an accident of the night, let him go forth without the camp, let him not enter into the midst of the camp,
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
10When thou goest forth a host against thy enemies, then beware of every wicked thing.
12but at eventide let him wash with water, and at sunset he may come into the camp.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:25And whosoever carrieth a carcase of them, shall was his clothes and be unclean until the evening;
Leviticus 15:5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:13And when he who hath had a defluxion shall be cleansed of his issue, he shall number to himself seven days for his purification, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in spring water, and be clean.
Leviticus 15:17And any garment or any skin on which may be seed of copulation, shall be washed in water, and 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 →