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Deuteronomy 23:13

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 23:13 in other translations

and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

Deuteronomy 23:13 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 23:13 in context

  1. 11but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.
  2. 12You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.
  3. 13You 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;
  4. 14for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
  5. 15You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.