Joshua 5:4

וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ־ מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כָּל ־ הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם הַזְּכָרִים כֹּל ׀ אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מֵתוּ בַמִּדְבָּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

In Context

3וַיַּעַשׂ ־ לוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ חַֽרְבוֹת צֻרִים וַיָּמָל אֶת ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת ׃

5כִּֽי ־ מֻלִים הָיוּ כָּל ־ הָעָם הַיֹּֽצְאִים וְכָל ־ הָעָם הַיִּלֹּדִים בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרַיִם לֹא ־ מָֽלוּ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 26:64וּבְאֵלֶּה לֹא ־ הָיָה אִישׁ מִפְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר פָּקְדוּ אֶת ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָֽי ׃

Deuteronomy 2:14וְהַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ־ הָלַכְנוּ ׀ מִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ עַד אֲשֶׁר ־ עָבַרְנוּ אֶת ־ נַחַל זֶרֶד שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה עַד ־ תֹּם כָּל ־ הַדּוֹר אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מִקֶּרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Joshua 5:2-10

The Circumcision of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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 sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again… Read the whole commentary →

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