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When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep you from every evil thing.
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No Wartime Exemptions
Commentators like John Calvin stress that this command counters the common idea that laws are suspended during war. God requires holiness even in the chaos of a military campaign, arguing that if soldiers are not excused from God's law, those living in peace have even less of an excuse for sin.
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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
When the host goes forth. What He had taught regarding the preservation of purity at home and in time of peace, He now extends to times of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies An army of soldiers march in order to meet the enemy and fight him:<…
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…
