And Your Camp Shall Be Holy

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And Your Camp Shall Be Holy

And Your Camp Shall Be Holy

An injunction to cleanse one's hands within the community or public sphere and to conduct oneself properly. A command to eradicate evil from among the governing authority.

("For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp... and your camp shall be holy, and he will not see the nakedness of a thing in you, nor turn away from you" - Deuteronomy 23:2, and so: "Tear the tambourine from the congregation near it with a match...'And your camp shall be clean' the laughter of the friend" - D. Baron/ Feathers, 212)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

צִיוּוּי לְנִקָּיוֹן כַּפַּיִם בַּקְּהִלָּה אוֹ בַּצִּבּוּר וְאֹפֶן הִתְנַהֲלוּתָהּ. צִוּוּי לְבִעוּר הָרַע מִקֶּרֶב הַשִּׁלְטוֹן.

("כִּי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ... וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ"- דְּבָרִים כג טוּ, וְכֵן:"תָּלַשׁ אֶת הַדַּף מֵהַמַּחְבֶּרֶת קֵרֵב אֵלָיו גַּפְרוּר...'וְהָיָה מֵחָנִיךְ טָהוֹר' צִחְקֵק הַדּוֹד"- ד.בָּרוֹן/ נוֹצוֹת, 212)

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