ヨシュア記 5:8 JC

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 5:1-15

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 distinctly of worship. During the forty years in the wilderness the rite of circumcision evidently had been neglected. There could be no triumphal progress until this had been corrected. Moreover, the nation, so far as its men were concerned, was now becoming a nation of soldiers who were to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 5:8

‘And so it was that when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were whole.’ Having undergone the rite of circumcision all the males under forty were in some discomfort and had to rest up in the camp. It has been questioned whether a general would have carried out such an operation on his troops in such a situation, but he knew that the people of Jericho were afraid and remaining in their city, that there was no evidence of any other... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 5:1-9

Joshua 5:2-1 Samuel : . 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 nations in antiquity and by the South Sea Islanders, African, and Australian aborigines in the present day. Here we have an attempt to date its origin in Israel from the entry into Palestine, while in Genesis 17* (P) its origin is dated from the command given by God to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 5:8

Free from that pain and sore which circumcision caused, Genesis 34:25. It was indeed an act of great faith to expose themselves to so much pain and danger too in this place, where they were hemmed in by Jordan and their enemies; but they had many considerations to support their faith, and suppress their fears: the fresh experience of God’s power and readiness to work miracles for their preservation; the great consternation of all their enemies, which they might observe and rationally presume;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 5:1-9

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 of iron was certainly forbidden in some covenant rites (cf. Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5; chap. Joshua 8:31). [“Among the additions of the LXX. at the end of this book is the curious statement after chap. Joshua 24:30 : ‘There they placed with him, in the tomb where they buried him the knives of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Joshua 5:8-10

DISCOURSE: 246ISRAEL’S FIRST PROCEEDINGS IN CANAANJoshua 5:8-10. 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. 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. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.THERE... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 5:1-15

Chapter 5Now 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 wilderness, now were men, did not go through the rite of circumcision. But now that they are to enter into the land, the circumcision was always a type of the cutting away of the heart after the flesh. God wanted a people whose heart was after the Spirit. So it was a symbolic act. God said,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 5:1-15

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 they struck off flints, whose edges are very sharp. Infants were healed in three days, but great soreness followed with men; they could not walk, as in Joshua 5:8. The place was afterwards called Gilgal; that is, rolling away of reproach. See more on Genesis 17:12. Joshua 5:12 . The manna... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 5:2-9

Joshua 5:2-9Make thee sharp knives and circumcise.The circumcising at GilgalEven those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there was deep spiritual significance in the administration of that rite at that juncture. On more than one occasion they had heard Moses speak of circumcising the heart, and they must have felt that God meant to teach them the vanity of trusting to their numbers, or prowess, or martial array. Their strength was nothing to Him. The land was not to be... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 5:8

Jos 5:8 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. Ver. 8. They abode in their places in the camp till they were whole. ] In confidence of God’s protection, who both secured them meanwhile from their enemies, see Gen 34:25-26 and soon healed them; for else how could they have, four days after, kept the Passover with joy? read more