Deuteronomy 23:10

What does Deuteronomy 23:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 23:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep outside it:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night--then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp--he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp--

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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;

Context

v.9When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

v.10This passage

v.11but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 5:2

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

  • Leviticus 15:16

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

  • 1 Corinthians 5:11

    but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

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