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

6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey. 7He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way. When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed. 9The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal even to this day. 10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the 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 34:25In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered 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
• Loose
• 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