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Joshua 5:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Joshua 5:4

Verse 4 of 15

Scripture focus

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.

Joshua 5:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joshua 5:4

Theological / Devotional

This is the cause. Suffering under the “breach of promise” of Jehovah (Num. 14:34) and as a reminder of the broken covenant, the people had been forbidden to practice circumcision in the wilderness (PP 406). Their entrance into Canaan was evidence of restoration to divine favor (see Num. 14:23; Ps. 95:7-11). For 38 years they had borne the reproach of apostasy at Kadesh.

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