Deuteronomy 23 · Verse 12

Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Deuteronomy 23:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 23:12 in other translations

BSBYou must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
WEBYou shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.
ASVThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
YLT‘And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
DARBYThou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.
BBELet there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
WebsterThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

What does Deuteronomy 23:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 23:9-14

9-14. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing--from the excesses incident to camp life, as well as from habits of personal neglect and impurity.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:9-14

The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure.

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Deuteronomy 23:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיָד֙ve.Yadand a handH3027
תִּהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will belongH1961
לְךָ֔le.Khato <the> you
מִח֖וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הla.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264
וְיָצָ֥אתָve.ya.Tza.taand you will go outH3318
שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
חֽוּץ\׃ChutzoutsideH2351

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In such a vast camp as that of the Israelites, (See Notes on Nu ch. 1; 2,) and indeed, as Scheuchzer remarks, in every well regulated camp, cleanliness is considered as indispensably necessary.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 23:11

    But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

  • Deuteronomy 23:12

    Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

  • Deuteronomy 23:13

    And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

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Deuteronomy 23:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tendrás un lugar fuera del real, y saldrás allá fuera;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et sur le soir il se lavera dans l’eau; et au coucher du soleil il entrera dans l’intérieur du camp.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sollst einen Platz außerhalb des Lagers haben, daß du dahin hinausgehest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturæ,