Ulangan 23:14

23:14 For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat ¹  your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent ²  among you and turn away from you.

Mazmur 26:8

26:8 O Lord, I love the temple where you live, ³ 

the place where your splendor is revealed. ⁴ 

Yesaya 12:6

12:6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion,

for the Holy One of Israel ⁵  acts mightily ⁶  among you!”

Zakharia 2:5

2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem ⁷  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

[23:14]  ¹ tn Heb “give [over] your enemies.”

[23:14]  ² tn Heb “nakedness of a thing”; NLT “any shameful thing.” The expression עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers specifically to sexual organs and, by extension, to any function associated with them. There are some aspects of human life that are so personal and private that they ought not be publicly paraded. Cultically speaking, even God is offended by such impropriety (cf. Gen 9:22-23; Lev 18:6-12, 16-19; 20:11, 17-21). See B. Seevers, NIDOTTE 3:528-30.

[26:8]  ³ tn Heb “the dwelling of your house.”

[26:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the place of the abode of your splendor.”

[12:6]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[12:6]  ⁶ tn Or “is great” (TEV). However, the context emphasizes his mighty acts of deliverance (cf. NCV), not some general or vague character quality.

[2:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.