Joshua 5:1-9
THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of the Jordan westward, the mighty heathen nations which occupied chiefly the mountainous section of Canaan, for among these the Amorites were the strongest, AND ALL THE KINGS OF THE CANAANITES WHICH WERE BY THE SEA, the... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, literally, knives of stone, made with a very sharp cutting edge, used extensively at that time, AND CIRCUMCISE AGAIN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THE SECOND TIME. As the people that came out of Egypt had been circumcised, so now there was to... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins, for the place was later known as Gibeah-haaraloth, because the foreskins were buried there.... [ Continue Reading ]
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise, why the Lord's order went forth to Joshua, and the latter had the order executed: ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT OF EGYPT THAT WERE MALES, EVEN ALL THE MEN OF WAR, DIED IN THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY, in the course of the desert journey, AFTER THEY CAME O... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, all the people that came out were circumcised, the rite having been observed with all strictness in Egypt; BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BORN IN THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY AS THEY CAME FORTH OUT OF EGYPT, the entire journey in the wilderness being included under this heading, THEM THEY HAD NOT CI... [ Continue Reading ]
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, mustered as being able to bear arms in battle, WHICH CAME OUT OF EGYPT, WERE CONSUMED, BECAUSE THEY OBEYED NOT THE VOICE OF THE LORD; UNTO WHOM THE LORD SWARE THAT HE WOULD NOT SHOW THEM THE LA... [ Continue Reading ]
And their children, whom He raised up in their stead, the Lord had them take the place of those who were fallen in the wilderness, THEM JOSHUA CIRCUMCISED, their circumcision he ordered; FOR THEY WERE UNCIRCUMCISED, BECAUSE THEY, the several fathers of the families, HAD NOT CIRCUMCISED THEM BY THE W... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole, had recovered from the. effects of the operation. During this time there were at least some three hundred thousand men to take care of the necessary preparations for... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you, namely, that resulting from the report that God had led His people out of Egypt merely for the purpose of striking them down in the wilderness, Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:13; Deuteronomy 9:28. The act of cir... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, having once more been accepted into the full covenant relation with Jehovah, AND KEPT THE PASSOVER ON THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH AT EVEN IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PASSOVER CELEBRATED... [ Continue Reading ]
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the Passover, on the fifteenth of Nisan, Leviticus 23:5, UNLEAVENED CAKES, AND PARCHED CORN IN THE SELFSAME DAY, roasted harvest ears or kernels of grain roasted at the fire, for it was not lawful to eat of the new crop until after the... [ Continue Reading ]
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land, that is, on the sixteenth of Abib, or Nisan, NEITHER HAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MANNA ANY MORE; BUT THEY DID EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE LAND OF CANAAN THAT YEAR. The people had now arrived in Canaan and no longer neede... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, while the children of Israel were in camp at Gilgal, Joshua, apparently, being engaged in deep meditation and prayer to Jehovah, THAT HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THERE STOOD A MAN OVER AGAINST HIM WITH HIS SWORD DRAWN IN HIS HAND, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And He said, Nay, He belonged neither to the one nor to the other, b UT AS CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF THE LORD AM I NOW COME, Prince of the innumerable angelic armies. AND JOSHUA FELL ON HIS FACE TO THE EARTH, in the attitude of abject submission and entreaty, AND DID WORSHIP, recognizing this Prince as... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, as Moses did in the presence of the burning bush, Exodus 3:5; FOR THE PLACE WHEREON THOU STANDEST IS HOLY. This undoubtedly reminded Joshua of the experience of Moses, and proved to him that this Prince of the hea... [ Continue Reading ]