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You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:
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A Military Camp, Not All Israel
Commentators like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott clarify that this instruction for sanitation applies to temporary military encampments during future campaigns, not the massive camp of the entire nation of Israel in the wilderness. This context is crucial for understanding the command's practicality.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall have also a place without the camp A place prepared, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, provided on p…
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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…
