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9 "When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
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When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
10 "If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp,
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If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
11 but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp.
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But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
12 "You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.
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Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
13 And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement.
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As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
14 Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you
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For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
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