Bible verse
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
Deuteronomy 23:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 23.
5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
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.
KJV
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
ASV
When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.
ERV
When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.
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