Joshua 5:4
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.
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- Num 26:64-65 : 64 But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the desert of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them,“They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Deut 2:16 : 16 Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,
- 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.
- Heb 3:17-19 : 17 And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.
- Deut 2:14 : 14 Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the LORD had vowed to them.
- Num 14:22 : 22 For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,
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- Josh 5:5-106 verses90%
5Now all the men who left were circumcised, but all the sons born on the journey through the wilderness after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.
6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.
7He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.
8When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.
9The LORD said to Joshua,“Today I have taken away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal even to this day.
10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho.
- Josh 5:1-33 verses85%
1When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.
2A New Generation is Circumcised At that time the LORD told Joshua,“Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”
3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.
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1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,
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22Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
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13So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
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16Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,
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26That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the LORD’s sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”
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12Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
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21They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
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35Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.
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23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
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20Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.
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13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.
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14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”
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4Commit yourselves to the LORD; Dedicate your hearts to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
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24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.
- Josh 4:10-112 verses69%
10Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,
11and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed as the people looked on.
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25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said,“Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
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4So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the LORD had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.
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26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
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11Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.
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11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
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13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
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1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
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41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.
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48“When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
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24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
- Josh 4:4-52 verses68%
4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
5Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
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5The Israelites followed the LORD’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.
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3On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
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3Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.
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45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.
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15The LORD told Joshua,
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15We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
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1Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.
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7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
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46in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.(It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.