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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/joshua/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Those who left Egypt had all been circumcised, but none of those born after the Exodus, during the years in the wilderness, had been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people <i>that were</i> born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, <i>them</i> they had not circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />All the males who came out were circumcised, but all the males who were born in the wilderness on the way as they left Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The men who left Egypt had been circumcised. However, the men born later, on the way through the desert, were not circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Although everyone who had left Egypt had been circumcised, nevertheless all the people born during the journey after their departure from Egypt had not been circumcised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now all the men who left were circumcised, but all the sons born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 from Egypt, them they had not circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who are born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For all the people coming out were circumcised; and all the people born in the desert in the way, in their coming out of Egypt, were not circumcised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now these were all circumcised. But the people that were born in the desert, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />all these had been circumcised. But the people who were born in the desert,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though all the men who came out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness during the journey after the departure from Egypt were circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Although all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people born on the journey through the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because all the people who came out had been circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness during the journey after they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because all the people who had gone out had been circumcised and all the people who were born in the wilderness of the road when they went out from Egypt were not circumcised<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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, had not been circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wondered in the wilderness of Mabdaris -<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/5-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=898" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/5.htm">The Circumcision at Gilgal</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hay·yō·ṣə·’îm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">who had come out</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were</a> <a href="/hebrew/4135.htm" title="4135: mu·lîm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To circumcise. A primitive root; to cut short, i.e. Curtail; by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.">circumcised,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">none</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of those</a> <a href="/hebrew/3209.htm" title="3209: hay·yil·lō·ḏîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Born. Passive from yalad; born.">born</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bad·de·reḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">on the journey</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·ṣê·ṯām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">from Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/4135.htm" title="4135: mā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To circumcise. A primitive root; to cut short, i.e. Curtail; by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.">had been circumcised.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a></span><br />This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. / You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. / Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Exodus 12:48</a></span><br />If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Leviticus 12:3</a></span><br />And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a></span><br />Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a></span><br />The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28-29</a></span><br />A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. / No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-2.htm">Galatians 5:2-6</a></span><br />Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. / Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. / You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11-13</a></span><br />In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. / And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. / When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-8.htm">Acts 7:8</a></span><br />Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a></span><br />Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7-9</a></span><br />In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant. / And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-22.htm">John 7:22-23</a></span><br />But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) / If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3</a></span><br />For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-14.htm">Genesis 34:14-17</a></span><br />“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us. / We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males. / Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-18.htm">1 Corinthians 7:18-19</a></span><br />Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised. / Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">they had not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Deuteronomy 12:8,9</a></b></br> Ye shall not do after all <i>the things</i> that we do here this day, every man whatsoever <i>is</i> right in his own eyes… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6,7</a></b></br> For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></b></br> But if ye had known what <i>this</i> meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-8.htm">Born</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/joshua/5-3.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/joshua/3-3.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/revelation/2-3.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Way</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/11-2.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Born</a> <a href="/joshua/5-7.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/joshua/5-7.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/joshua/5-7.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/joshua/5-8.htm">Undergone</a> <a href="/joshua/8-15.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/joshua/5-7.htm">Way</a> <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/5-1.htm">The Canaanites are afraid</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua renews circumcision</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">The Passover is kept at Gilgal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">manna ceases</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/5-13.htm">An angel appears to Joshua</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Though all who had come out were circumcised</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelites who left Egypt during the Exodus. Circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a>). It was a physical mark that set the Israelites apart as God's chosen people. The practice was a requirement for participation in the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Exodus 12:48</a>). The fact that all who came out of Egypt were circumcised indicates their adherence to this covenantal sign, emphasizing their identity as God's people.<p><b>none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised</b><br>During the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites did not practice circumcision. This lapse may have been due to the transient and challenging conditions of their journey, or as a result of their disobedience and lack of faith, which led to their extended time in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). The new generation born during this period had not received the sign of the covenant, highlighting a break in the continuity of the covenantal practice. This situation necessitated a renewal of the covenant as they prepared to enter the Promised Land, symbolizing a fresh start and recommitment to God's commands. This act of circumcision at Gilgal (<a href="/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2-9</a>) was crucial for the Israelites to fully claim their identity and inheritance as God's people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites after Moses, tasked with leading them into the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land of slavery from which the Israelites were delivered by God through Moses.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/circumcision.htm">Circumcision</a></b><br>A physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham's descendants, which was neglected during the wilderness journey.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_obedience.htm">Significance of Obedience</a></b><br>The neglect of circumcision during the wilderness journey reflects a period of disobedience and spiritual stagnation. It serves as a reminder of the importance of adhering to God's commands as a sign of faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/renewal_of_covenant.htm">Renewal of Covenant</a></b><br>The act of circumcising the new generation before entering the Promised Land symbolizes a renewal of the covenant with God. It underscores the need for each generation to commit to God's covenant personally.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preparation.htm">Spiritual Preparation</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites needed to be physically prepared to enter the Promised Land, believers today must be spiritually prepared to enter into the promises God has for them. This involves a heart aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_circumcision.htm">Heart Circumcision</a></b><br>While physical circumcision was a sign of the covenant, the New Testament emphasizes the circumcision of the heart. Believers are called to internal transformation and purity of heart.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_for_deut._1_10-11.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10-11 suggests a huge population in the desert; where is the archaeological evidence for such a large group?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_40-year_israelite_trek.htm">Joshua 5:6: Why is there no clear historical record or archaeological proof of the Israelites wandering for forty years with little to no mention of such a large movement outside the biblical text?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_numbers_33_5-49_sites_unclear.htm">Why are many locations in Numbers 33:5-49 unidentified or disputed, casting doubt on the authenticity of this desert route?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ezekiel_20_5-8's_claim_credible.htm">In Ezekiel 20:5-8, how credible is the claim that the Israelites rebelled immediately after God's promise to deliver them from Egypt, given the differing details in Exodus?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now all the people that came out were circumcised.</span> The Hebrew of this passage (which runs literally thus - "Now circumcised had they been, all the people who were going forth") is sufficient to refute the idea that there was a great circumcision of the people under Moses, on account of the neglect of the rite in Egypt. For, before the exodus, Moses was not in a position to perform any general act of this kind, as the history plainly shows, while after it such a rite could not have taken place, since the Hebrew <span class="hebrew">הָיוּ</span> denotes a state of things which was completed at the time spoken of, and therefore must here be rendered (as above) by the pluperfect. <span class="cmt_word">Them they had not circumcised.</span> Here again the Hebrew is used of the perfected action, and is therefore rightly rendered by our version, giving the idea that the Israelites who were born in the wilderness had not been circumcised up to the point which our history has now reached. See also ver. 7, where the same construction is found. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/5-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who had come out</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיֹּֽצְאִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·ṣə·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">circumcised,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֻלִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(mu·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4135.htm">Strong's 4135: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">none</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֠עָם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">born</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיִּלֹּדִ֨ים</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yil·lō·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3209.htm">Strong's 3209: </a> </span><span class="str2">Born</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wilderness</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the journey</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bad·de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had been circumcised.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4135.htm">Strong's 4135: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/5-5.htm">Joshua 5:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/5-5.htm">OT History: Joshua 5:5 For all the people who came out (Josh. 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