Joshua 5:12
in Joshua 5And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
KJV
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
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This verse in Joshua 5
Commentary
8 notes on this verseIndeed at that time, when the people went out of the land of Egypt, "they carried dough in their clothes." And when the dough had run out and they had no bread, God rained manna on them. But when they came to the holy land and "took the fruit of the province of the palms, the manna ceased for them," and then they began to eat of the fruit of the land.In this manner, three kinds of food in general are described.
This site's exposition
the manna ceased on the morrow
Exodus 16:35 said the manna would run until they came to a land inhabited, and this verse is where it stops. It stops the day after they eat the produce of Canaan, so the supply ends when the substitute arrives rather than before it. Forty years of bread that nobody sowed close without a word of ceremony, in half a sentence.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"And Jesus said to them: 'I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.' " He desired first of all to eat the typical Passover with his disciples and thus to reveal the mystery of his passion to the world, so …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
The manna ceased - Which God now withheld, to shew that Manna was not an ordinary production of nature, but an extraordinary and special gift of God to supply their necessity. And because God would not be prodigal of his favours, by working miracles where ordinary means were sufficient. The morrow - That is, on the seventeenth day.
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land,.... There being now no further need of it; miracles are not wrought or continued when unnecessary; for the ceasing of the manna shows, that it was not a common but an extraordinary provision. The ceasing of the manna, which was a type of Christ, may signify the cessation of Gospel ordinances, in which Christ is held forth as food for his people.
The time when he was favoured with this vision. It was immediately after he had performed the great solemnities of circumcision and the passover; then God made himself known to him. Note, We may then expect the discoveries of the divine grace when we are found in the way of our duty and are diligent and sincere in our attendance on holy ordinances.
Manna was a wonderful mercy to them when they needed it. But it was the mark of a wilderness state; it was the food of children; and therefore, though it was angel's food, and not to be complained of a light bread, yet it would be more acceptable to them to eat of the corn of the land, and this they are now furnished with.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And the manna ceased - after they had eaten of the old corn - This miraculous supply continued with them as long as they needed it. While they were in the wilderness they required such a provision; nor could such a multitude, in such a place, be supported without a miracle.
How the passage was read
On Joshua 5:10-12On Joshua 5:10-12
The first Passover in the land
Forty years after Egypt, the first thing Israel does on the west side of the Jordan is keep Passover: the feast commanded for “when you come into the land” (Exodus 12:25). The next morning they eat the land's own grain, and the manna stops the same day. The feast marks the seam between the wilderness and the inheritance: the bread from heaven gives way to bread from the promised soil.
What the Jewish commentators add
No longer did the Bnei Yisroel have manna. Therefore they ate of the grain of the land. If they would have had manna they would not have eaten of the grain, for the manna was agreeable to them.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
From the day after the Pesach. This was the day of waving the Omer, for they sacrificed the Omer first. 11 They could not have eaten from the new grain of Eretz Yisroel until after they brought the Omer sacrifice. See Vayikroh:14.
When Yehoshua was in Yericho. From here we can learn that the outskirts of a city are considered part of the city itself, for it impossible to say that Yoshua was actually inside Yericho.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Exodus 12:25 (the command for the land) · Manna (this site's study)
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨ת | vaiyishbot | and it ceased | H7673 → | |
| הַמָּ֜ן | haman | the manna | H4478 → | |
| מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת | mimochorat | from [the] next day | H4283 → | |
| בְּאָכְלָם֙ | beakhelam | when ate they | H398 → | 810 times |
| מֵעֲב֣וּר | meavur | some of [the] produce of | H5669 → | |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָ֥יָה | hayah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לִבְנֵ֥י | livnei | to [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מָ֑ן | man | manna | H4478 → | |
| וַיֹּאכְל֗וּ | vaiyokhelu | and they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִתְּבוּאַת֙ | mitevuat | some of [the] produce of | H8393 → | |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנַ֔עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַהִֽיא׃ ס | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨תand it ceased
vaiyishbotH7673 →
הַמָּ֜ןthe manna
hamanH4478 →
מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תfrom [the] next day
mimochoratH4283 →
בְּאָכְלָם֙when ate they
beakhelamH398 →810 times
מֵעֲב֣וּרsome of [the] produce of
meavurH5669 →
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָ֥יָהit belonged
hayahH1961 →3559 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
לִבְנֵ֥יto [the] people of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מָ֑ןmanna
manH4478 →
וַיֹּאכְל֗וּand they ate
vaiyokheluH398 →810 times
מִתְּבוּאַת֙some of [the] produce of
mitevuatH8393 →
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֖הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הַהִֽיא׃ ס<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
- Job 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Psalms 37:25
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Psalms 112:2
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
Through
Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:20–21
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
- John 6:30–58
So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
- Deuteronomy 8:2–3
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
- Nehemiah 9:20–21
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, On the Gospel of Luke 6.22; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 6.1.