God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 23:9
9When you’re at war and have set up camp to fight your enemies, stay away from anything that will make you unclean.
Deuteronomy 23:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
- New International Version (NIV)When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
Context of Deuteronomy 23:9
7Never consider the Edomites disgusting. They’re your relatives. Never consider the Egyptians disgusting. You once were foreigners living in their country. 8Their grandchildren may join the assembly of the Lord. When you’re at war and have set up camp to fight your enemies, stay away from anything that will make you unclean. 10If one of your men becomes unclean from a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and stay there. 11Toward evening he must wash, and at sunset he may come back to camp.
Read all of Deuteronomy 23Deuteronomy 23:9 word by word
כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מַחֲנֶ֖ה עַל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְנִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ מִכֹּ֖ל דָּבָ֥ר רָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:9
- Joshua 6:18But stay away from what has been claimed by the Lord for destruction, or you, too, will be destroyed by the Lord. If you take anything that is claimed by the Lord, you will bring destruction and disaster on the camp of Israel.
- Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned. They have ignored the requirements that I have placed on them. They have taken what I claimed for myself and put it among their own goods. They have not only stolen, but they have also lied.
- Judges 20:26Then all the men of Israel and all the troops went to Bethel. They sat there and cried in the presence of the Lord and fasted that day until evening. Then they sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 19:4While Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem, he regularly went to the people between Beersheba and the mountains of Ephraim. He brought the people back to the Lord God of their ancestors.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to ask for the Lord’s help. He announced a fast throughout Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to the Lord his God.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1After everything Hezekiah had done so faithfully, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to invade Judah. He set up camp ⌞to attack⌟ the fortified cities. He intended to conquer them himself.
- Luke 3:14Some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He told them, “Be satisfied with your pay, and never use threats or blackmail to get money from anyone.”
- Revelation 19:11I saw heaven standing open. There was a white horse, and its rider is named Faithful and True. With integrity he judges and wages war.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23:9
- 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
- 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
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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
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