12 ¶ Thou shalt have a place also without the host, whither thou shalt [a]resort,

13 And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons, and when thou wouldest sit down without, thou shalt dig therewith, and returning, thou shalt [b]cover thine excrements.

14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thee thine enemies before thee: therefore thine host shall be holy, that he see no filthy thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:12 For the necessities of nature.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:13 Meaning hereby that his people should be pure both in body and soul.

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