Deuteronomy 23:9

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.

Context of Deuteronomy 23:9

7Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country. 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord. When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure. 10If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there. 11But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.

Deuteronomy 23:9 word by word

כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מַחֲנֶ֖ה עַל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְנִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ מִכֹּ֖ל דָּבָ֥ר רָֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• goeth forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• against thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• then keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• thee from every wickedרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:9

• Joshua 6:18But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.
• Judges 20:26Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 19:4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chronicles 20:3Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.
• Luke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”
• Revelation 19:11I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice 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