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Joshua 5:4 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Joshua 5:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 5 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.”
Joshua 5:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 5:4
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.This verse begins the explanation for renewing circumcision. The phrase "this is the cause" (zeh hadavar, זֶה הַדָּבָר) introduces the rationale. All males who experienced the Exodus—"men of war" (anshei hamilchamah, אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה), the fighting-age males—died during wilderness wandering. This was divine judgment for unbelief at Kadesh-barnea when they refused to enter Canaan (Numbers 14:26-35)....
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Cross-References for Joshua 5:4
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“when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people”
“God was not well pleased”
“who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.”
“and my signs”
“until we were come over the brook Zered”
“whose bodies fell in the wilderness?”