Deuteronomy - 23:12

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12 You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 23:12.

Differing Translations

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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,
Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.
'And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go outside there;
You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,
Locus etiam erit tibi extra castra, egredierisque illuc foras.

*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.


Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither
thou shalt (f) go forth abroad:
(f) For the necessities of nature.

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.

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