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Deuteronomy 23:13

Deuteronomy 23:13 is verse 13 of Deuteronomy chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

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King James Version

And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

World English Bible

You shall have a trowel among your weapons. It shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your excrement;

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Deuteronomy 23:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

12 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

13 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

14 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.

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Hebrew words

וְיָתֵ֛דand a spade תִּהְיֶ֥הit will belong לְךָ֖to <the> you עַלwith אֲזֵנֶ֑ךָequipment your וְהָיָה֙and it will be בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֣when sitting down you ח֔וּץoutside וְחָפַרְתָּ֣הand you will dig בָ֔הּwith <the> it וְשַׁבְתָּ֖and you will turn וְכִסִּ֥יתָand you will cover אֶת<obj.>צֵאָתֶֽךָexcrement your

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezekiel 24:6
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Ezekiel 24:7
For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Ezekiel 24:8
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’

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