Joshua 5:4
And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: All the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.
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This is why Joshua circumcised them: All the men who came out of Egypt—all the warriors—had died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And this is the cause why hua 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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And this is the cause{H1697} why Joshua{H3091} did circumcise:{H4135} all the people{H5971} that came forth out{H3318} of Egypt,{H4714} that were males,{H2145} even all the men{H582} of war,{H4421} died{H4191} in the wilderness{H4057} by the way,{H1870} after they came forth out{H3318} of Egypt.{H4714}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And this is the cause{H1697} why Joshua{H3091} did circumcise{H4135}{(H8804)}: All the people{H5971} that came out{H3318}{(H8802)} of Egypt{H4714}, that were males{H2145}, even all the men{H582} of war{H4421}, died{H4191}{(H8804)} in the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870}, after they came out{H3318}{(H8800)} of Egypt{H4714}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the cause why Iosua circumcysed all the males of the people yt were come out of Egipte, is this: for all the men of warre dyed in ye wildernesse by the waye, after they were departed out of Egipte:
Geneva Bible (1560)
And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse by the way after they came out of Egypt.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And this is the cause why Iosuah circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt: because that al the men of warre died in the wildernes by ye way, after they came out of Egypt.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
This is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And this `is' the thing `for' which Joshua circumciseth `them': all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.
World English Bible (2000)
This is the reason 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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the wilderness after they left Egypt.
Referenced Verses
- Num 26:64-65 : 64 But among these there was not a man of those whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deut 2:16 : 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
- Heb 3:17-19 : 17 But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not believe? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
- Deut 2:14 : 14 And the time we took to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from the camp, as the LORD swore to them.
- Num 14:22 : 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
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5 Now all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
7 And their children, whom He raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
8 And it came to pass, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.
9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
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1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan before the children of Israel, until we had crossed over, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make for yourself sharp knives, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time.
3 And Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
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1 And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
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22 Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.
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16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
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26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
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12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
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21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
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35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers who were among them.
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23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.
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13 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for battle.
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14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
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4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
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24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
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4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,
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46 On this side of Jordan, in the valley opposite Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, after they came out of Egypt: