"And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way."
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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 (Joshua 5:11)
5...
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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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וְ אֶת ־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ הֵקִ֣ים תַּחְתָּ֔ם
אֹתָ֖ם מָ֣ל יְהֹושֻׁ֑עַ כִּי
־עֲרֵלִ֣ים הָי֔וּ כִּ֛י לֹא ־מָ֥לוּ...
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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 befor...
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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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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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AND THE CHILDREN [WHOM] HE RAISED UP IN THEIR STEAD, THEM JOSHUA
CIRCUMCISED,.... Who were born to them in the wilderness, and
succeeded them, some of which might be near forty years of age; as for
th...
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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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_Their children them Joshua circumcised_ This God now required to be
done, 1st, As a testimony of his reconciliation to the people, and
that he would not further impute their parents' rebellion to the...
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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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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 exp...
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THEM JOSHUA CIRCUMCISED; which God would have now done,
1. As a testimony of God's reconciliation to the people, of which
circumcision was a sign, and that God would not further impute their
parents...
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Joshua 5:7 Joshua H3091 circumcised H4135 (H8804) sons H1121 up H6965
(H8689) uncircumcised H6189 circumcised H4135 (H8804) way H1870
their children - Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 1:39...
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‘ And their children whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised, for they were circumcised, because they had not
circumcised them by the way.'
Here it is specifically stated that those...
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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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Deuteronomy 1:39; Numbers 14:31...
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Circumcised — Which God would have done, As a testimony of God's
reconciliation to the people, and that he would not farther impute
their parents rebellion to them. Because the great impediment of
cir...