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Positive Commandment #605 of 613

Prepare latrines outside the camps

Commandment #605a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 23:13, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement.

Deuteronomy 23:13

Hebrew

יד וְיָתֵד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ, עַל-אֲזֵנֶךָ; וְהָיָה, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ, וְחָפַרְתָּה בָהּ, וְשַׁבְתָּ וְכִסִּיתָ אֶת-צֵאָתֶךָ.

Greek (Septuagint)

(23:14) καὶ πάσσαλος ἔσται σοι ἐπὶ τῆς ζώνης σου, καὶ ἔσται ὅταν διακαθιζάνῃς ἔξω, καὶ ὀρύξεις ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπαγαγὼν καλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην σου ἐν αὐτῷ·

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
23

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#566
Mishneh Torah
JudgesKings and Wars

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