Deuteronomy 23:12

12 habebis locum extra castra ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae

Deuteronomy 23:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shalt have also a place without the camp
A place prepared, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, provided on purpose for the use hereafter suggested; so Ben Melech:

whither thou shalt go forth abroad;
to do the necessities of nature, which they were to do without the camp, not in any place they thought fit and most convenient, but what was appointed for that purpose.

Deuteronomy 23:12 In-Context

10 si fuerit inter vos homo qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio egredietur extra castra

11 et non revertetur priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua et post solis occasum regredietur in castra

12 habebis locum extra castra ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae

13 gerens paxillum in balteo cumque sederis fodies per circuitum et egesta humo operies

14 quo relevatus es Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum ut eruat te et tradat tibi inimicos tuos ut sint castra tua sancta et nihil in eis appareat foeditatis nec derelinquat t