Deuteronomy 23:12

Deuteronomy 23:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
• New International Version (NIV)Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;

Context of Deuteronomy 23:12

10If there is a man among you who is unclean because of a bodily emission during the night, he must go outside the camp; he may not come anywhere inside the camp. 11When evening approaches, he is to wash with water, and when the sun sets he may come inside the camp. You are to have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself. 13You are to have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement. 14For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything indecent among you or he will turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 23:12 word by word

וְיָד֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לְךָ֔ מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְיָצָ֥אתָ שָׁ֖מָּה חֽוּץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt have a place alsoיָדyâd · hand: monumentH3027
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• whither thou shalt go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:12

• Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the Lord’s assembly.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12These 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 The whole passage refers not to the encampments of the nation while passing from Egypt through the wilderness, but to future warlike expeditions seat out from Canaan.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12outside the camp: Human waste is a normal bodily function. However, in Israel’s law it made a person ritually unclean (not fit for worship for a time). Because God is holy, the camp had to remain clean. For this reason, people had to go outside the camp when relieving themselves.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-149-14. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing--from the excesses incident to camp life, as well as from habits of personal neglect and impurity.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 23:12

• Cleanliness
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Encamp
• Paddle
• Sickle
• Slack
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deuteronomy
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings