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If there be among you any man, who is not clean by reason of that which happens him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
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A Rule for Military Camps
Commentators clarify that this instruction is not for the entire nation of Israel wandering in the desert, but specifically for military camps during future wartime expeditions. This context is crucial for understanding the practical application of the command.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The whole passage refers not to the encampments of the nation while passing from Egypt through the wilderness, but to future warlike expeditions se…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 23:9–14. PURITY OF THE CAMP.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies ... keep t…
16th Century
Protestant
If there be among you. He enumerates two kinds of pollution, by which the Israelites may know what is meant by their keeping from the “wic…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If there be among you any man that is not clean Any unclean person in the army, that was even ceremonially unclean i…
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…
