Deuteronomy 23:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ With your tools you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ and thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And you shall have a paddle or shovel among your weapons, and when you sit down outside [to relieve yourself], you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up what has come from you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

Common English Bible

¹³ Carry a shovel with the rest of your gear; once you have relieved yourself, use it to dig a hole, then refill it, covering your excrement.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ carrying a small shovel at your belt. And when you would sit down, you shall dig around, and then, with the soil that was dug up, you shall cover

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt cover

Deuteronomy 23:13 Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:12

“You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.

Deuteronomy 23:14

Because the Lord your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.