Key Verse Spotlight
Deuteronomy 23:9 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.”
Deuteronomy 23:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he {is} thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash {himself} with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp {again}. {cometh...: Heb. turneth toward}
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