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Joshua 5:4
Joshua 5:4
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Joshua 5 — OverviewJoshua 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIsrael have now got over Jordan, and the waters which had opened before
them, to favour their march forward, are closed again behind them, to
forbid their retreat backward. They have now got footing in Canaan, and…Joshua 5 — OverviewJoshua 5 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJoshua 5:1, The Canaanites are afraid; Joshua 5:2, Joshua renews circumcision; Joshua 5:10, The passover is kept at Gilgal Joshua 5:12, They eat the corn of the land and the manna ceases; Joshua 5:13, An angel appears…Joshua 5 — OverviewJoshua 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe Canaanites being dispirited on the passage of the children of Israel through Jordan, Jos 5:1; Joshua is ordered to circumcise such of the people of Israel that were uncircumcised, Jos 5:2; in order to their eating…Joshua 5:1-9Joshua 5:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleA vast show, no doubt, the numerous camp of Israel made in the plains
of Jericho, where now they had pitched their tents. Who can count the
dust of Jacob? That which had long been the church in the wilderness…Joshua 5:4Joshua 5:4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd this [is] the cause why Joshua did circumcise,.... Or the reason of the command given him to circumcise the children of Israel at this time, namely, what follows:all the people that came out of Egypt [that were]…