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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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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 23:9–14
18th Century
Theologian
The whole passage refers not to the encampments of the nation while passing from Egypt through the wilderness, but to future warlike expeditions se…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 23:9–14
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 23:9–14. PURITY OF THE CAMP.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies ... keep t…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 23:10
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 23:10
17th Century
Pastor
If there be among you any man that is not clean
Any unclean person in the army, that was even ceremonially unclean i…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 23:9–14
17th Century
Minister
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…