Deuteronomy 23:12

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And a place aside, shalt thou have, without the camp, - whither thou canst go forth abroad;

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.

Update Bible Version
You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:

English Revised Version
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

New Century Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

Amplified Bible
"You shall also have a place outside the camp to which you may go,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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,

Berean Standard Bible
You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

Contemporary English Version
Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area.

American Standard Version
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;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast, whyther thou shalt resort to.

Complete Jewish Bible
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
"You also must have a place outside the camp where people can go to relieve themselves.

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.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the campe, whither thou shalt goe foorth abroad.

New Life Bible
"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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoste whither thou shalt resort,

George Lamsa Translation
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,

Christian Standard Bible®
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:

King James Version
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,

Literal Translation
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,

THE MESSAGE
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.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself,

New King James Version
"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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,

Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,

Contextual Overview

⁹ When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then shalt thou beware of everything foul. ¹⁰ When there is in thy midst a man who is not clean through a mischance of the night, then shall he go forth unto the outside of the camp, he shall not come into the midst of the camp; ¹¹ but it shall be, when the evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water, - and at the going in of the sun, he shall come into the midst of the camp. ¹² And a place aside, shalt thou have, without the camp, - whither thou canst go forth abroad; ¹³ and a blade, shalt thou have upon thy staff, - so shall it be, that when thou wouldest sit down outside, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which hath passed from thee: ¹⁴ for, Yahweh thy God, walketh to and fro in the midst of thy camp, to rescue thee, and to deliver up thine enemies before thee, so shall thy camps be holy, - and he shall see in thee no shameful thing, that he should turn away from following thee.

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 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him, - so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;

Genesis 19:1
So the two messengers went in towards Sodom at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom, - so Lot beheld and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;

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.