What does Joshua 5:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgalc unto this day."
Verse Joshua 5:9. _THE REPROACH OF EGYPT_] Their being _uncircumcised_ made them like the uncircumcised Egyptians; and the Hebrews ever considered all those who were uncircumcised as being in a state...
THE REPROACH OF EGYPT - i. e. “reproach proceeding from Egypt.” The expression probably refers to taunts actually uttered by the Egyptians against Israel, because of their long wanderings in the deser...
5. AT GILGAL CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The terrified enemies (Joshua 5:1)_ 2. Circumcision commanded and executed (Joshua 5:2) 3. The Passover kept (Joshua 5:10) 4. The old corn of the land (Joshua 5:11) 5...
Joshua Circumcises the Israelites. Here we have an interesting but quite unhistorical account of the institution of circumcision. Circumcision (pp. 83, 99f.) is a prehistoric rite practised by many na...
ROLLED AWAY. Hebrew gallothi. Hence Gilgal. rolling....
_the reproach of Egypt_ This may be explained as (i) the reproach, which had attached to the people all the way from Egypt, where the nation had been a people of slaves; comp. Gen 34:14; 1 Samuel 17:2...
DISCOURSE: 246 ISRAEL’S FIRST PROCEEDINGS IN CANAAN Joshua 5:8. _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. An...
_VER._ 9. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, THIS DAY,_ &C.— Among many conjectures respecting the sense of these words, most interpreters have agreed to understand by _the reproach of Egypt,_ uncircumci...
_The Covenant of Circumcision Joshua 5:1-9_ And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the s...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, THIS DAY HAVE I ROLLED AWAY THE REPROACH OF EGYPT FROM OFF YOU. WHEREFORE THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS CALLED GILGAL UNTO THIS DAY._ Rolled away the reproach of Egypt - th...
5:9 Gilgal (c-27) 'Rolling.'...
RENEWAL OF CIRCUMCISION AND CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER The two incidents recorded in Joshua 5:2;—Circumcision and the Passover—represent the final stage in the preparation of the people for the Holy...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 5 *CIRCUMCISION AND *PASSOVER – JOSHUA 5:1-...
(20 — 5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, “until _we_ were passed over,” is most naturally explained by taking the verse as part...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ הַ יֹּ֗ום גַּלֹּ֛ותִי אֶת ־חֶרְפַּ֥ת מִצְרַ֖יִם מֵ עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וַ...
CHAPTER X. CIRCUMCISION AND PASSOVER- MANNA AND CORN. Joshua 5:1. THE first two facts recorded in this chapter seem to be closely connected with each other. One is, that when all the Amorite and Can...
RENEWING THE COVENANT WITH GOD Joshua 5:1 Evidently the people of Canaan realized that they were entering into conflict with God Almighty. This made their bitter resistance less excusable. But befor...
The effect on the people of this crossing of the Jordan is revealed in the words, "Their heart melted, neither was there any spirit in them any more." Therefore time must again be taken for matters di...
Five events of interest are recorded in Joshua 5:1-15. First, we learn that the kings of the Canaanites by the sea lost heart when they learned how the Lord had caused Israel to pass through Jordan on...
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the (f) reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. (f) By bringing you into this promis...
_Egypt. The people of that country adopted circumcision only after this period, (Calmet) and it never became general among them. They were therefore held in abhorrence, like the rest of the uncircumci...
As circumcision was a sign or seal of the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham, and evidently referred to Him in whom the law was to be completed: it is not very easy to account for the long neg...
The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
9._And the Lord said unto Joshua, _etc The disgrace of Egypt is expounded by some as meaning that the want of circumcision rendered them similar to the Egyptians, in other words, profane and marked wi...
The power of resurrection-life takes all strength from Satan: "He who is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." In our earthly life, the flesh being in us, we are expo...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... Out of the tabernacle: THIS DAY HAVE I ROLLED AWAY THE REPROACH OF EGYPT FROM OFF YOU; either the reproach of being reckoned office same religion with the Egyptians...
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. Ver. 9. _This day have I rolled away the...
_The reproach of Egypt_ That is, uncircumcision, which was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach. And although this was a reproach common to most nations of the wor...
1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Ioshua renueth Circumcision. 10 The Passeouer is kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An Angel appeareth to Ioshua. 1 AND it came to passe when all the Kings of the...
THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE PEOPLE...
CIRCUMCISION IN GILGAL (vs.1-9) The miraculous crossing of the Jordan awakened great fear in the hearts of the Canaanitish people, so that their hearts melted (v.1). This was God's work. It was He w...
GILGAL: i. rolling...
1-9 How dreadful is their case, who see the wrath of God advancing towards them, without being able to turn it aside, or escape it! Such will be the horrible situation of the wicked; nor can words exp...
THE REPROACH OF EGYPT, i.e. uncircumcision, which was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach, GENESIS 34:14 1 SAMUEL 14:6, 1 SAMUEL 17:26. And although this was a re...
JOSHUA 5:9 LORD H3068 SAID H559 (H8799) JOSHUA H3091 DAY H3117 AWAY H1556 (H8804) REPROACH H2781 EGYPT H4714 NAME H8034 PLACE H4725 CALLED H7121 (H8799) GILGAL H1537 DAY H3117 I rolled away - Joshua...
Joshua 5:9 a. ‘And YHWH said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.” ' The general idea was that circumcision had now finally made them a circumcised nation, as...
CONTENTS: Reproach of Egypt rolled away. New food for the new place. The unseen captain. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Christ. CONCLUSION: (Circumcision, the seal of the covenant in their flesh, was negl...
Joshua 5:1. _The Amorites on the side of Jordan westward._ This agrees with Numbers 13:29. The Amorites dwell in the mountains. Joshua 5:2. _Make thee sharp knives._ Whet them, if of steel; but often...
_Make thee sharp knives and circumcise._ THE CIRCUMCISING AT GILGAL Even those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there was deep spiritual significance in the administration o...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 5:1__ A new generation is circumcised to remind them of their privileged covenant relationship with God. The Passover celebration reminds them that God released them from slavery...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 5:2. Sharp knives] Marg. “knives of flints” (cf. Exodus 4:25). The reason for using stone knives may have been more on account of legal than of physical considerations. The use...
EXPOSITION THE CIRCUMCISION.— JOSHUA 5:1 WHICH WERE ON THE SIDE OF JORDAN WESTWARD. A large portion of the territory of the Amorites had, as we have seen (Joshua 3:10), been already conquered. The r...
Now in chapter five we read where all of the adult males were at this point circumcised. It was a rite that they did not follow while they were in the wilderness. So that those who were born in the wi...
1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; Ephesians 2:11; Ephesians 2:12; Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 20:8; Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8;...
The reproach of Egypt — That is, uncircumcision, was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach, and although this was a reproach common to most nations of the world, ye...