Joshua 5:7 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 5:7

And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

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ASV

And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

KJV

And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

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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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

To ratify the covenant between God and them, whereof circumcision was a sign and seal, to assure them that God would now make good his covenant, in giving them this land; and to oblige them to perform all the duties to which that covenant bound them, as soon as they came into Canaan, Exod. xii, 25 Lev. xxiii, 10 Num. xv, 2.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵיהֶם֙	be.nei.Hem	children their	H1121 →
הֵקִ֣ים	he.Kim	he raised up	H6965 →
תַּחְתָּ֔ם	tach.Tam	in place of them	H8478 →
אֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
מָ֣ל	mal	he circumcised	H4135 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
עֲרֵלִ֣ים	'a.re.Lim	uncircumcised	H6189 →
הָי֔וּ	ha.Yu	they were	H1961 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
מָ֥לוּ	Ma.lu	people had circumcised	H4135 →
אוֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃	ba.Da.rekh	on the way	H1870 →

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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
Deuteronomy 1:39
And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
leads to
- Numbers 14:3
  Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 7:15–16
  By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Numbers 14:31
  But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
- Jonah 4:11
  So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Romans 9:11
  Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Through
Numbers 14:31
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:39
  And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
- Psalms 106:24
  They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- Numbers 26:64
  Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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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