Joshua 5:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 5:7

5 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.

6 For the children of Israel walked ^aforty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were¹ consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that ^bHe would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, ^c“a land flowing with milk and honey.”

7 Then Joshua circumcised ^atheir sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp ^atill they were healed.

9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away ^athe reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of the place is called ^bGilgal to this day.

10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover ^aon the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.

11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and¹ parched grain, on the very same day.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 5:7

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
So it was their uncircumcised children whom He raised up in their stead whom Joshua circumcised, because the rite had not been performed on the way.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 5:4)

Darby English Version
And their sons [whom] he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

Good News Bible
The sons of these men had never been circumcised, and it was this new generation that Joshua circumcised.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way.

New International Version
So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way.

New King James Version
Then Joshua circumcised their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they remained uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way.

Revised Standard Version
So it was their children, whom he raised up in their stead, that Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

Young's Literal Translation
and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.

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