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. Cross References Deuteronomy 2:14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. Joshua 5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. 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. Treasury of Scripture And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. All the Numbers 14:22 Numbers 26:64,65 Deuteronomy 2:16 |
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