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Deuteronomy 23:13

American Standard Version

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:

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Deuteronomy 23:13 in other translations

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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Deuteronomy 23:13 in context

  1. 11but 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.
  2. 12Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
  3. 13and 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:
  4. 14for 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.
  5. 15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee: