Joshua 5:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joshua made him sharpb knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. ”

Joshua 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The hill of the foreskins - i. e. the hill where the foreskins, the emblem of all worldly and carnal affections, were buried. (Compare Colossians 2:11-13 ; Colossians 3:1-6 .)
Joshua 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at (c) the hill of the foreskins. (c) Gilgal was so called, because they were there circumcised.
Joshua 5:3 - 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 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Joshua 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 3. And Joshua—circumcised the children of Israel — He caused the commands of God to be performed by all the people, whether on this or on the other side of Jordan, and, as it appears, by al...
Joshua 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. At the hill. Probably one of the argillaceous bills that form the highest terrace of the...
Joshua 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel ,.... Not that Joshua circumcised them himself, any more than he made the knives himself, but he ordered both to be done, and...
Joshua 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. Ver. 3. And Joshua … circumcised.] That is, he caused them to be circumcised, viz., by the pri...
Joshua 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua circumcised the children of Israel That is, he caused them to be circumcised, namely, such of them as were uncircumcised. And because it was to be done speedily, the passover approaching, it...
Joshua 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. He caused this to be done; and because it was to be done speedily, the passover approaching, it was necessary to use many hands in it, either priests and Levites, or other circumcised persons, w...
Joshua 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua made for himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.' The action is depicted as Joshua's but he would no doubt be assisted by able and...
Joshua 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - 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 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision of the People
Joshua 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:23-27 ; Matthew 16:24
Joshua 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And circumcised — That is, he caused this to be done; and, because it was to be done speedily, the passover approaching, it was necessary to use many hands in it. Children of Israel — That is, such...

Joshua 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 5:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 5:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes