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THE MESSAGE
Deuteronomy 23:12
Mark out an area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves. Along with your weapons have a stick with you. After you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the stick and cover your excrement. God , your God, strolls through your camp; he's present to deliver you and give you victory over your enemies. Keep your camp holy; don't permit anything indecent or offensive in God 's eyes.
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Christian Standard Bible®
You are to have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself.
You are to have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
King James Version
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Lexham English Bible
"And there shall be for you a designated place outside the camp; and you shall go there to relieve yourself,
"And there shall be for you a designated place outside the camp; and you shall go there to relieve yourself,
English Standard Version
"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.
"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.
New Century Version
Choose a place outside the camp where people may go to relieve themselves.
Choose a place outside the camp where people may go to relieve themselves.
New English Translation
You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.
You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.
Amplified Bible
"You shall also have a place outside the camp to which you may go,
"You shall also have a place outside the camp to which you may go,
New American Standard Bible
"You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself,
"You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoste whither thou shalt resort,
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoste whither thou shalt resort,
Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,
Contemporary English Version
Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area.
Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area.
Complete Jewish Bible
When evening arrives he is to bathe himself in water, and after sunset he may enter the camp.
When evening arrives he is to bathe himself in water, and after sunset he may enter the camp.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.
Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You also must have a place outside the camp where people can go to relieve themselves.
"You also must have a place outside the camp where people can go to relieve themselves.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall have a latrine outside the camp, to which you shall go to relieve yourself.
You shall have a latrine outside the camp, to which you shall go to relieve yourself.
Good News Translation
"You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go when you need to relieve yourselves.
"You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go when you need to relieve yourselves.
Literal Translation
Also you shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out there.
Also you shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And without the hoost thou shalt haue place to resorte vnto for necessyte,
And without the hoost thou shalt haue place to resorte vnto for necessyte,
American Standard Version
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Bible in Basic English
Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast, whyther thou shalt resort to.
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast, whyther thou shalt resort to.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the campe, whither thou shalt goe foorth abroad.
Thou shalt haue a place also without the campe, whither thou shalt goe foorth abroad.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,
And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,
English Revised Version
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Berean Standard Bible
You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt haue a place without the castels, to which thou schalt go out to nedeful thingis of kynde;
Thou schalt haue a place without the castels, to which thou schalt go out to nedeful thingis of kynde;
Young's Literal Translation
`And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
`And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
Update Bible Version
You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
World English Bible
You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
New King James Version
"Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
"Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
New Living Translation
"You must have a designated area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
"You must have a designated area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
New Life Bible
"You should have a place to go away from the tents.
"You should have a place to go away from the tents.
New Revised Standard
You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.
You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And a place aside, shalt thou have, without the camp, - whither thou canst go forth abroad;
And a place aside, shalt thou have, without the camp, - whither thou canst go forth abroad;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,
Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,
Revised Standard Version
"You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it;
"You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,
Contextual Overview
9When you are camped out, at war with your enemies, be careful to keep yourself from anything ritually defiling. If one of your men has become ritually unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and stay there until evening when he can wash himself, returning to the camp at sunset. 12Mark out an area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves. Along with your weapons have a stick with you. After you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the stick and cover your excrement. God , your God, strolls through your camp; he's present to deliver you and give you victory over your enemies. Keep your camp holy; don't permit anything indecent or offensive in God 's eyes.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
In such a vast camp as that of the Israelites - see Numbers 1:1, and Numbers 2:1, and indeed, as Scheuchzer remarks, in every well regulated camp, cleanliness is considered as indispensably necessary.
Cross-References
Genesis 19:1
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."
Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 23:12. &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.
