The whole passage refers not to the encampments of the nation while passing from Egypt through the wilderness, but to future warlike expeditions se…

Deuteronomy 23:9–14. PURITY OF THE CAMP.

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies ... keep t…

But it shall be, when evening comes on
When the day declines, and it is near sun setting:

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