Verse 4

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}.

Referenced Verses

• Num 26:64-65 : 64 But among these there was not a man{H376} of them whom Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548} numbered{H6485}{(H8803)}, when they numbered{H6485}{(H8804)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in the wilderness{H4057} of Sinai{H5514}. 65 For the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)} of them, They shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)} in the wilderness{H4057}. And there was not left{H3498}{(H8738)} a man{H376} of them, save Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312}, and Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}.
• Deut 2:16 : 16 So it came to pass, when all the men{H582} of war{H4421} were consumed{H8552}{(H8804)} and dead{H4191}{(H8800)} from among{H7130} the people{H5971},
• 1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But{G235} with{G1722} many{G4119} of them{G846} God{G2316} was{G2106} not{G3756} well pleased{G2106}{(G5656)}: for{G1063} they were overthrown{G2693}{(G5681)} in{G1722} the wilderness{G2048}.
• Heb 3:17-19 : 17 But{G1161} with whom{G5101} was he grieved{G4360}{(G5656)} forty{G5062} years{G2094}? was it not{G3780} with them that had sinned{G264}{(G5660)}, whose{G3739} carcases{G2966} fell{G4098}{(G5627)} in{G1722} the wilderness{G2048}? 18 And{G1161} to whom{G5101} sware he{G3660}{(G5656)} that they should{G1525} not{G3361} enter{G1525}{(G5696)} into{G1519} his{G846} rest{G2663}, but{G1508} to them that believed not{G544}{(G5660)}? 19 So{G2532} we see{G991}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they could{G1410}{(G5675)} not{G3756} enter in{G1525}{(G5629)} because{G1223} of unbelief{G570}.
• Deut 2:14 : 14 And the space{H3117} in which we came{H1980}{(H8804)} from Kadeshbarnea{H6947}, until we were come over{H5674}{(H8804)} the brook{H5158} Zered{H2218}, was thirty{H7970} and eight{H8083} years{H8141}; until all the generation{H1755} of the men{H582} of war{H4421} were wasted out{H8552}{(H8800)} from among{H7130} the host{H4264}, as the LORD{H3068} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them.
• Num 14:22 : 22 Because all those men{H582} which have seen{H7200}{(H8802)} my glory{H3519}, and my miracles{H226}, which I did{H6213}{(H8804)} in Egypt{H4714} and in the wilderness{H4057}, and have tempted{H5254}{(H8762)}{H853} me now these ten{H6235} times{H6471}, and have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} to my voice{H6963};