hey, didja know

[christianmomof3]

that the Bible talks about poop?

Deuteronomy 23:13 And you shall have a spade among your tools, and when you relieve yourself outside the camp, you shall dig with it and turn to cover your excrement.

Just thought that was interesting.

 

[cyberlizard]

this is one reason the ultra-orthodox Jews do not affix mezuzah to bathroom doors, or take their bibles in there.


Steve

p.s. some ultr-orthodox Jews have mezuzahs on every door frame.

 

[St_Worm2]

that the Bible talks about poop?

Deuteronomy 23:13 And you shall have a spade among your tools, and when you relieve yourself outside the camp, you shall dig with it and turn to cover your excrement.

Just thought that was interesting.

Interesting, yes, but how much more so when you read on and discover the reason for the command in v. 14, the implications of which still (for lack of a better term) 'amazing' to me nearly 22 years after I first read it.

Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp
to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you,
therefore your camp must be holy.
Deut 23:14​

 

[D.W.Washburn]

Poop is in the New Testament, too.

Jesus mentions it (rather indirectly) in Matthew 15:17

Matthew 15:17 (NKJV)
Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

St. Paul is a little less discrete in Philippians 3:8

Philippians 3:8 (KJV)
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...

Modern translations waltz around the word "dung" a bit, but the Greek is pretty clear. Paul used an indelicate term.

If you're into biblical grossology, I could show you where Paul talks about dog vomit, but it might be more fun if you found it for yourself.