Joshua 5:8
in Joshua 5And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
KJV
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
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This verse in Joshua 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey abode - in the camp, till they were whole - This required several days; see the notes on Gen 34:24, Gen 34:25. Sir J. Chardin informs us that when adults were circumcised they were obliged to keep their beds for about three weeks, or at least during that time they are not able to walk about but with great difficulty. The account he had from several renegadoes, who had received circumcision among the Mohammedans.
This site's exposition
after all the nation had been circumcised
on Joshua 5:8-9
They abide in the camp till they are whole, which leaves an entire army unable to fight, a few miles from a walled city. Genesis 34:25 records what happened the last time men were caught in that condition.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For it is not enough for us to be circumcised, but [we must] also be healed after circumcision, that is, until a scar closes up the wound of circumcision itself. When, therefore, is the scar spread over the wound of our circumcision?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Whole - Free from that pain and soreness which circumcision caused, it was indeed an act of great faith, to expose themselves to so much pain and danger too, in this place where they were hemmed in by Jordan and their enemies.
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But it has been calculated that the proportion between those already circumcised (under twenty when the doom was pronounced) and those to be circumcised, was one to four, and consequently the whole ceremony could easily have been performed in a day.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The circumcision must have taken place on the day after the passage of Jordan, i. e. the 11th Nisan, and the Passover was kept on the 14th of the same month. For so long at least, they who had been circumcised would be disabled from war (compare the marginal reference), though they would not necessarily be debarred from keeping the feast. The submission of the people to the rite was a proof of faith, even though we remember that the panic of the Canaanites Jos 5:1 would render any immediate attack from them unlikely, and that there must have been a large number of “men of war” who would not need to be circumcised at all (see the note at Jos 5:4).
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֛י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁר־ | kaasher- | just when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּ֥מּוּ | tamu | they had finished | H8552 → | 63 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגּ֖וֹי | hagoy | the nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| לְהִמּ֑וֹל | lehimol | to be circumcised | H4135 → | 37 times |
| וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they remained | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| תַחְתָּ֛ם | tachtam | in place their | H8478 → | 505 times |
| בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה | bamachaneh | in the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| עַ֥ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פ | chayotam | lived they | H2421 → | 282 times |
וַיְהִ֛יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כַּאֲשֶׁר־just when
kaasher-H834 →5497 times
תַּ֥מּוּthey had finished
tamuH8552 →63 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הַגּ֖וֹיthe nation
hagoyH1471 →561 times
לְהִמּ֑וֹלto be circumcised
lehimolH4135 →37 times
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּand they remained
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
תַחְתָּ֛םin place their
tachtamH8478 →505 times
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הin the camp
bamachanehH4264 →215 times
עַ֥דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פlived they
chayotamH2421 →282 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
it leads to
- Genesis 49:5–7
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
- Genesis 29:33–34
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Proverbs 6:34–35
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Genesis 49:5–7
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 6.1.