The Scriptures 1998

Deuteronomy 23:12-16 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

12. “And you shall have a place outside the camp, where you shall go out,

13. and you shall have a sharp implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your excrement.

14. “For יהוה your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be set-apart, so that He does not see unclean matter among you, and shall turn away from you.

15. “You do not hand over to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you.

16. “Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. Do not oppress him.