# General Information:

Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# you will have something among your tools to dig with

"you should have a tool that you can use to dig with"

# when you squat down to relieve yourself

This is a polite way of saying to defecate. AT: "when you squat down to defecate" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

# you must dig with it

"you must dig a hole with the tool"

# cover up what has come out from you

"cover up your excrement"

# so that he may not see any unclean thing among you

"so that Yahweh may not see any unclean thing among you"