Deuteronomium 23:12

Nova Vulgata

[23:13] Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Cui ille respondit : Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus ?

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturæ,

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.

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.