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 [a]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.

15 ¶ Thou shalt not [b]deliver the servant unto his master, which is escaped from his master unto thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:13 Meaning hereby that his people should be pure both in body and soul.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:15 This is meant of the heathen, who fled for their masters’ cruelty, and embraced the true religion.

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