Joshua 5:8

Joshua 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.

Context of Joshua 5:8

6For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, died because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord; to them the Lord had sworn [an oath] that He would not let them see the land which He had promised to their fathers to give us, a land [of abundance] flowing with milk and honey. 7So it was their uncircumcised sons whom He raised up in their place, whom Joshua circumcised, because circumcision had not been performed on the way. Then, when they had finished circumcising all [the males of] the nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach (derision, ridicule) of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal (rolling) to this day. 10While the Israelites camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

Joshua 5:8 word by word

וַיְהִ֛י כַּאֲשֶׁר־תַּ֥מּוּ כָל־הַגּ֖וֹי לְהִמּ֑וֹל וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתָּ֛ם בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה עַ֥ד חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when they had doneתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• circumcisingמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• all the peopleגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• that they abodeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in their places in the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• till they were wholeחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421

Cross-references for Joshua 5:8

• Genesis 34:25Now on the third day [after the circumcision], when all the men were [terribly] sore and in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without anyone suspecting them of evil intent], and they killed every male.

Commentaries on Joshua 5:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They abode - in the camp, till they were whole - This required several days; see the notes on Genesis 34:24, Genesis 34:25. Sir J. Chardin informs us that when adults were circumcised they were obliged to keep their beds for about three weeks, or at least during that time they are not able to walk about but with great difficulty. The account he had from several renegadoes, who had received circumcision among the Mohammedans. Is it not strange that during…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The circumcision must have taken place on the day after the passage of Jordan, i. e. the 11th Nisan, and the Passover was kept on the 14th of the same month. For so long at least, they who had been circumcised would be disabled from war (compare the marginal reference), though they would not necessarily be debarred from keeping the feast. The submission of the people to the rite was a proof of faith, even though we remember that the panic of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8until they were healed: Recovery from circumcision, which was a minor surgery, usually takes about three days if there are no complications.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. when they had done circumcising all the people--As the number of those born in the wilderness and uncircumcised must have been immense, a difficulty is apt to be felt how the rite could have been performed on such a multitude in so short a time. But it has been calculated that the proportion between those already circumcised (under twenty when the doom was pronounced) and those to be circumcised, was one to four, and consequently the whole ceremony…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 5:8

• Circumcision
• Gilgal
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• Circumcision
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• Joshua, Book of

Commentaries on Joshua 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings