Bible verse
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
Deuteronomy 23:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 23.
6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
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.
KJV
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
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:
ERV
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:
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