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Deuteronomy 23:12 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 23 · verse 12
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:Deuteronomy 23:12 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 23:12 in context
10If 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:
11But 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.
12Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
13And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
14For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withoutchûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- campmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
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Israel was now encamped, and this vast army was just entering upon action, which was likely to keep them together for a long time, and therefore it was fit to give them particular directions for the good ordering of their camp. And the charge is in one word to be clean.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-14