Joshua 5:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharpa knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. ”

Joshua 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make thee sharp knives - Render rather as marg., and compare marginal reference and note. Knives of flint or stone were in fact used for circumcision, and retained for that and other sacred purpo...
Joshua 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, (b) and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. (b) For now they had left it off, about 40 years.
Joshua 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 n...
Joshua 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

said. See note on Joshua 3:7 . again . the second time. Not repeated as an act on the person, but on the nation on. second occasion (compare for this usage Isaiah 11:11 and Jude 1:5 , imply...
Joshua 5:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. At that time the Lord said, etc It seems very strange and almost monstrous, that circumcision had so long been laid aside, especially as it became those who were receiving daily admonitio...
Joshua 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. Make thee sharp knives - חרבות צרים charboth tsurim, knives of rock, stone...
Joshua 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 2. At that time the Lord said unto Joshua — This was the morning after the passage, the 11th day of the first month, as the learned Usher and others have very probably conjectured. Make...
Joshua 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. At that time - on the encampment being made after the passage....
Joshua 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Renewal Of Circumcision And Celebration Of The Passover The two incidents recorded in Joshua 5:2-12 ;—Circumcision and the Passover—represent the final stage in the preparation of the people for...
Joshua 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 pa...
Joshua 5:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER X. CIRCUMCISION AND PASSOVER- MANNA AND CORN. Joshua 5:1-12 . THE first two facts recorded in this chapter seem to be closely connected with each other. One is, that when all the Amorit...
Joshua 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Renewing the Covenant with God Joshua 5:1-12 Evidently the people of Canaan realized that they were entering into conflict with God Almighty. This made their bitter resistance less excusable. B...
Joshua 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 d...
Joshua 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 ne...
Joshua 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

At that time the Lord said unto Joshua ,.... When the people had passed over Jordan, and had pitched in Gilgal, and Joshua had set up the stones there; and particularly when the dread of them had se...
Joshua 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. Ver. 2. Make thee sharp knives. ] Heb., Knives of edges, or knives of f...
Joshua 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

At that time Namely, the morning after the passage, on the eleventh day of the first month, as Archbishop Usher and others have very probably conjectured. On the thirteenth day they were sore of th...
Joshua 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 H...
Joshua 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Circumcision of the Israelites. B. C. 1451. 1 And it came to pass, when all the king...
Joshua 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At that time; as soon as ever they were come to Gilgal, which was on the tenth day; and so this might be executed the next, or the eleventh day, and that in the morning: on the thirteenth day they...
Joshua 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘At that time YHWH said to Joshua, “Make yourself knives of flint and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.” ' This did not mean circumcising those who were already circumcised f...
Joshua 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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....
Joshua 5:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

circumcision Circumcision is the "sign" of the Abrahamic Covenant ( Genesis 17:7-14 ); ( Romans 4:11 ). "The reproach of Egypt" was that, during the later years of the Egyptian bondage, this s...
Joshua 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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; bu...
Joshua 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 administrati...
Joshua 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 alread...
Joshua 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision of the People
Joshua 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2:11 ; Deuteronomy 10:16 ; Deuteronomy 30:6 ; Genesis 17:10-14 ; Romans 2:29 ; Romans 4:11
Joshua 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

At that time — As soon as ever they were come to Gilgal, which was on the tenth day; and so this might be executed the eleventh day, and that in the morning: on the thirteenth day they were sore of...

Joshua 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 5:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Joshua 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes