Deuteronomy 23:14

for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

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WEBBE

for the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

BSB

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

For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

ASV

for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

BBE

For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.

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כִּי ki for H3588 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֶיךָ 'e·lo·hei·kha God your H430 מִתְהַלֵּךְ mit·ha·lekh [is] walking back and forth H1980 בְּקֶרֶב be·ke·rev in [the] midst of H7130 מַחֲנֶךָ ma·cha·ne·kha camp your H4264 לְהַצִּילְךָ le·ha·tzi·le·kha to deliver you H5337 וְלָתֵת ve·la·tet and to deliver up H5414 אֹיְבֶיךָ 'o·ye·vei·kha enemies your H341 לְפָנֶיךָ le·fa·nei·kha (to) before you H6440 וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 מַחֲנֶיךָ ma·cha·nei·kha camps your H4264 קָדוֹשׁ ka·do·osh holy H6918 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 יִרְאֶה yir·'eh he will see H7200 בְךָ ve·kha among (the) you H9031 עֶרְוַת 'er·vat [the] nakedness of H6172 דָּבָר da·var a thing H1697 וְשָׁב ve·shav and he will turn away H7725 מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ ס me·'a·cha·rei·kha from after you H310

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