Bible verse
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
Deuteronomy 23:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 23.
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.
15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
KJV
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash [himself] with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp [again].
ASV
but 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.
ERV
but 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.
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