23:9 When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure. ¹  23:10 If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission, ²  he must leave the camp; he may not reenter it immediately. 23:11 When evening arrives he must wash himself with water and then at sunset he may reenter the camp.

23:12 You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine. ³  23:13 You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself ⁴  outside you must dig a hole with the spade ⁵  and then turn and cover your excrement. ⁶  23:14 For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat ⁷  your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent ⁸  among you and turn away from you.