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Deuteronomy 23:10

8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
KJV
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
WEB
If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp;
ASV
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
DARBY
If there be with thee a man that is not clean from what hath happened in the night, then shall he go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp;
BLB
If there is any man among you who is not clean by some occurrence in the night, he shall go to the outside of the camp; he shall not come in to the midst of the camp.
ÅB
Er noen blant dere uren etter noe som har hendt ham om natten, så skal han gå utenfor leiren, han skal ikke komme inn i leiren.
OTB
Hvis det er en mann blant dere som er uren på grunn av en nattlig utslipp, må han gå utenfor leiren og ikke komme inn igjen.
B1930
Er nogen blandt eder uren efter noget som har hendt ham om natten, så skal han gå utenfor leiren, han skal ikke komme inn i leiren.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 15:16

    And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

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  • Numbers 5:2–3

    Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

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  • 1 Corinthians 5:11–13

    But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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