You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.
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You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.
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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
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(23-13) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For the necessities of nature.
For the necessities of nature.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without…
Deu 23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Ver. 12. And shalt turn back and cover.] How much more curious should they be of soul defilements? Sin is the soul’s excrements, and defiles a man worse than any excement. {Mat 7:15; Mat 7:20; Mat 7:23}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, to ease thyself, as it follows, Deu…
To wit, to ease thyself, as it follows, Deu 23:13.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shalt have also a place without the camp,....…
Thou shalt have also a place without the camp,.... A place prepared, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, provided on purpose for the use hereafter suggested; so Ben Melech:
whither thou shalt go forth abroad; to do the necessities of nature, which they were to do without the camp, not in any place they thought fit and most convenient, but what was appointed for that purpose.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. &c.] These directions may appear trifling to…
Verse 12. &c.] These directions may appear trifling to some, but they were essentially necessary to this people in their present circumstances. Decency and cleanliness promote health, and prevent many diseases.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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you will have something among your tools to dig with
"you should have a tool that you can use to dig with"
when you squat down to relieve yourself
This is a polite way of saying to defecate. AT: "when you squat down to defecate" (See: Euphemism)
you must dig with it
"you must dig a hole with the tool"
cover up what has come out from you
"cover up your excrement"
so that he may not see any unclean thing among you
"so that Yahweh may not see any unclean thing among you"
translationWords
earth
God
walk
hand
holy
clean
turn
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:12 outside the camp: Defecation is a normal bodily…
23:12 outside the camp: Defecation is a normal bodily function, but it brought ritual impurity and therefore violated God’s holiness.
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