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Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Deuteronomy 23:13.

וְיָד֙veyadand handיָדconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and hand”, the ordinary formH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […תִּהְיֶ֣הtihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְךָ֔lekhatoלְךָ֔preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toמִח֖וּץmichutsfrom abroadחוּץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הlamachanehto armyמַחֲנֶהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to army”, the ordinary formH4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.וְיָצָ֥אתָveyatsataand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, a completed action in a sequenceH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…שָׁ֖מָּהshamahthereשָׁםadverb, directional ending — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.חֽוּץchutsabroadחוּץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(23-13) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,

World English Bible

You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(23-13) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out thither,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τόπος ἔσται σοι ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ ἐξελεύσῃ ἐκεῖ ἔξω.