Joshua 5:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgalc unto this day. ”

Joshua 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The reproach of Egypt - i. e. “reproach proceeding from Egypt.” The expression probably refers to taunts actually uttered by the Egyptians against Israel, because of their long wanderings in the...
Joshua 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the (f) reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. (f) By bringing you into this promi...
Joshua 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rolled away . Hebrew gallothi. Hence Gilgal. rolling.
Joshua 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And the Lord said unto Joshua, etc The disgrace of Egypt is expounded by some as meaning that the want of circumcision rendered them similar to the Egyptians, in other words, profane and...
Joshua 5:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 246 ISRAEL’S FIRST PROCEEDINGS IN CANAAN Joshua 5:8-10 . It came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were w...
Joshua 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. The reproach of Egypt - Their being unci...
Joshua 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 9. And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day, &c.— Among many conjectures respecting the sense of these words, most interpreters have agreed to understand by the reproach of Egypt, unc...
Joshua 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. Rolled away the reproach of Egyp...
Joshua 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Joshua ,.... Out of the tabernacle: this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you ; either the reproach of being reckoned office same religion with the Egyp...
Joshua 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. Ver. 9. This day have I rolled away t...
Joshua 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The reproach of Egypt That is, uncircumcision, which was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach. And although this was a reproach common to most nations of the wo...
Joshua 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The reproach of Egypt, i.e. uncircumcision, which was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach, Genesis 34:14 1 Samuel 14:6 , 1 Samuel 17:26 . And although th...
Joshua 5:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 a. ‘And YHWH said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.” ' The general idea was that circumcision had now finally made them a circumcised nation...
Joshua 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision of the People
Joshua 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:6 ; 1 Samuel 17:26 ; 1 Samuel 17:36 ; Ephesians 2:11 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; Ezekiel 20:7 ; Ezekiel 20:8 ; Ezekiel 23:3 ; Ezekiel 23:8 ; Genesis 34:14 ; Jeremiah 9:25 ; Joshua 24:1...
Joshua 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The reproach of Egypt — That is, uncircumcision, was both in truth, and in the opinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach, and although this was a reproach common to most nations of the world,...

Joshua 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Joshua 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 5:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes