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Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 23:12

`And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cleanliness;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Separation;   Without the Camp;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Encamp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dung;   Encampment;   Medicine;   Unclean and Clean;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Dung;   Leviticus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Vessel;   War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Essenes;   Health Laws;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

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,
English Standard Version
"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.
New English Translation
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,
New American Standard Bible
"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,
Legacy Standard Bible
"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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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:
Berean Standard Bible
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;
Update Bible Version
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:
World English Bible
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;
New Living Translation
"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.
New Revised Standard
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;
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;
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 (1995)
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,

Contextual Overview

9 `When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing. 10 `When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night -- then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp -- he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp -- 11 and it hath been, at the turning of the evening, he doth bathe with water, and at the going in of the sun he doth come in unto the midst of the camp. 12 `And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without, 13 and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth; 14 for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after 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 lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,
Genesis 19:1
And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham riseth and boweth himself 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.


 
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