Deuteronomy 23:13

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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WEBBE

You shall have a trowel amongst your weapons. It shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your excrement;

BSB

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

And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

ASV

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:

BBE

And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:

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וְיָתֵד ve·ya·ted and a spade H3489 תִּהְיֶה tih·yeh it will belong H1961 לְךָ le·kha to (the) you H9031 עַל־ 'al- with H5921 אֲזֵנֶךָ 'a·ze·ne·kha equipment your H240 וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ be·shiv·te·kha when sitting down you H3427 חוּץ chutz outside H2351 וְחָפַרְתָּה ve·cha·far·tah and you will dig H2658 בָהּ vah with (the) it H9034 וְשַׁבְתָּ ve·shav·ta and you will turn H7725 וְכִסִּיתָ ve·khi·si·ta and you will cover H3680 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 צֵאָתֶךָ tze·'a·te·kha excrement your H6627

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–14

The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure.

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Sanitation

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.