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Of the whole nation those only were already circumcised at the time of
the passage of the Jordan who had been under twenty years of age at
the time of the complaining and consequent rejection at Kades...
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5. AT GILGAL
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The terrified enemies (Joshua 5:1)_
2. Circumcision commanded and executed (Joshua 5:2)
3. The Passover kept (Joshua 5:10)
4. The old corn of the land ...
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Joshua Circumcises the Israelites. Here we have an interesting but
quite unhistorical account of the institution of circumcision.
Circumcision (pp. 83, 99f.) is a prehistoric rite practised by many
na...
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_VER._ 4-7. _AND THIS IS THE CAUSE,_ &C.— The reason is clearly
expressed in the text. Excepting Joshua and Caleb, all the six hundred
thousand fighting men, who came out of Egypt, had died during the...
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_The Covenant of Circumcision Joshua 5:1-9_
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on
the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,
which were by the s...
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_NOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WERE CIRCUMCISED: BUT ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE BORN IN THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY AS THEY CAME FORTH OUT OF
EGYPT, THEM THEY HAD NOT CIRCUMCISED._
No JFB commentary o...
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RENEWAL OF CIRCUMCISION AND CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER
The two incidents recorded in Joshua 5:2;—Circumcision and the
Passover—represent the final stage in the preparation of the people
for the Holy...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 5
*CIRCUMCISION AND *PASSOVER – JOSHUA 5:1-...
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(20 — 5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one
section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, “until _we_ were
passed over,” is most naturally explained by taking the verse as
part...
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כִּֽי ־מֻלִ֣ים הָי֔וּ כָּל ־הָ עָ֖ם הַ
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CHAPTER X.
CIRCUMCISION AND PASSOVER- MANNA AND CORN.
Joshua 5:1.
THE first two facts recorded in this chapter seem to be closely
connected with each other. One is, that when all the Amorite and
Can...
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RENEWING THE COVENANT WITH GOD
Joshua 5:1
Evidently the people of Canaan realized that they were entering into
conflict with God Almighty. This made their bitter resistance less
excusable. But before...
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The effect on the people of this crossing of the Jordan is revealed in
the words, "Their heart melted, neither was there any spirit in them
any more." Therefore time must again be taken for matters di...
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Five events of interest are recorded in Joshua 5:1-15. First, we learn
that the kings of the Canaanites by the sea lost heart when they
learned how the Lord had caused Israel to pass through Jordan on...
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Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people
[that were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out
of Egypt, [them] they had (d) not circumcised.
(d) For they...
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_Desert. After the departure from Sinai, where the Passover was
celebrated, and where, of course, the people must have been
circumcised. (Calmet)_...
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As circumcision was a sign or seal of the everlasting covenant God
made with Abraham, and evidently referred to Him in whom the law was
to be completed: it is not very easy to account for the long neg...
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The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it
was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the
Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
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The power of resurrection-life takes all strength from Satan: "He who
is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him
not." In our earthly life, the flesh being in us, we are expo...
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NOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WERE CIRCUMCISED,.... All that came
out of Egypt, and males, were circumcised, whether under or above
twenty years of age; for though it is possible all were circumcis...
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Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people
[that were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out
of Egypt, [them] they had not circumcised.
Ver. 5. _Now all...
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Jos. 5:4-7. Concerning their not circumcising the children, that were
born in the wilderness. Considering the plainness of the precept of
circumcision and the strictness of the injunction, and that no...
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_The people born in the wilderness they had not circumcised_ What
occasioned this omission is not said, nor is it easy to determine
whether it arose from negligence, or from God's dispensing, for a
ti...
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1 The Canaanites are afraid.
2 Ioshua renueth Circumcision.
10 The Passeouer is kept at Gilgal.
12 Manna ceaseth.
13 An Angel appeareth to Ioshua.
1 AND it came to passe when all the Kings of the...
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Now, all the people that came out were circumcised, the rite having
been observed with all strictness in Egypt; BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE BORN IN THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY AS THEY CAME FORTH OUT OF...
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THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE PEOPLE...
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CIRCUMCISION IN GILGAL
(vs.1-9)
The miraculous crossing of the Jordan awakened great fear in the
hearts of the Canaanitish people, so that their hearts melted (v.1).
This was God's work. It was He w...
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1-9 How dreadful is their case, who see the wrath of God advancing
towards them, without being able to turn it aside, or escape it! Such
will be the horrible situation of the wicked; nor can words ex...
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THEY; either their parents, or the rulers of Israel, whose omission
hereof was not through neglect; for then God, who had ordered the
neglecter of circumcision to be cut off, GENESIS 17:14, would not...
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‘ And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised. All the people who
came out of Egypt who were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. For all...
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CONTENTS: Reproach of Egypt rolled away. New food for the new place.
The unseen captain.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Christ.
CONCLUSION: (Circumcision, the seal of the covenant in their flesh,
was negl...
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Joshua 5:1. _The Amorites on the side of Jordan westward._ This agrees
with Numbers 13:29. The Amorites dwell in the mountains.
Joshua 5:2. _Make thee sharp knives._ Whet them, if of steel; but
often...
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_Make thee sharp knives and circumcise._
THE CIRCUMCISING AT GILGAL
Even those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that
there was deep spiritual significance in the administration o...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 5:1__ A new generation is circumcised to
remind them of their privileged covenant relationship with God. The
Passover celebration reminds them that God released them from slavery...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 5:2. Sharp knives] Marg. “knives of flints” (cf. Exodus
4:25). The reason for using stone knives may have been more on account
of legal than of physical considerations. The use...
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EXPOSITION
THE CIRCUMCISION.—
JOSHUA 5:1
WHICH WERE ON THE SIDE OF JORDAN WESTWARD. A large portion of the
territory of the Amorites had, as we have seen (Joshua 3:10), been
already conquered. The r...
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Now in chapter five we read where all of the adult males were at this
point circumcised. It was a rite that they did not follow while they
were in the wilderness. So that those who were born in the wi...
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1 Corinthians 7:19; Deuteronomy 12:8; Deuteronomy 12:9; Galatians 5:6;...
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Them — Either their parents, or the rulers of Israel, by Divine
permission and indulgence; because they were now on a journey, in
which case the passover also might be neglected, Numbers 9:10, Numbers...