Joshua 5:5 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 5:5

Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

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ASV

For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

KJV

Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Damascene

ORTHODOX FAITH 4.25 (749)

The circumcision was given to Abraham before the law, after the blessings and after the promise, as a sign to set him and those born of him and those of his household apart from the Gentiles in whose midst he was living. And this is obvious, because, when Israel spent forty years alone by themselves in the desert without mixing with any other nation, all those who were born in the desert were not circumcised. However, when Joshua brought them across the Jordan, they were circumcised and a second law of circumcision was made.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Rather, it was a continued token of God's displeasure against them, for their unbelief and murmuring: a token that they should never have the benefit of that promise, whereof circumcision was the seal.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
מֻלִ֣ים	mu.Lim	circumcised	H4135 →
הָי֔וּ	ha.Yu	they had been	H1961 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
הַיֹּֽצְאִ֑ים	hai.yo.tze.'Im	which came out	H3318 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הָ֠עָם	Ha.'om	the people	H5971 →
הַיִּלֹּדִ֨ים	hai.yi.lo.Dim	<the> born	H3209 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר	ba.mid.Bar	in the wilderness	H4057 →
בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ	ba.De.rekh	on the way	H1870 →
בְּצֵאתָ֥ם	be.tze.Tam	when went out they	H3318 →
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
מָֽלוּ׃	Ma.lu	people had circumcised	H4135 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 12:7
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
leads to
- Hosea 6:6
  For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Matthew 9:13
  But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Micah 6:6–8
  With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
Through
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
leads to
- Galatians 6:15
  For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
leads to
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Colossians 3:10–11
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joshua