Genesis 17:23-27; Matthew 16:24
The hill of the foreskins - i. e. the hill where the foreskins, the emblem of all worldly and carnal affections, were buried. (Compare Colossian...
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 we...
Joshua Circumcises the Israelites. Here we have an interesting but quite unhistorical account of the institution of circumcision. Circumcision (pp. 8...
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
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 t...
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 argil...
Renewal Of Circumcision And Celebration Of The Passover The two incidents recorded in Joshua 5:2-12 ;—Circumcision and the Passover—represent the...
(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...
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...
Renewing the Covenant with God Joshua 5:1-12 Evidently the people of Canaan realized that they were entering into conflict with God Almighty. T...
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....
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 complet...
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel ,.... Not that Joshua circumcised them himself, any more than he made the k...
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,...
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...
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...
The Circumcision of the Israelites. B. C. 1451....
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 pr...
‘ And Joshua made for himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.' The action is depicted as Joshu...
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...
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 . M...
Make thee sharp knives and circumcise. The circumcising at Gilgal Even those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there w...
EXPOSITION THE CIRCUMCISION .— Joshua 5:1 Which were on the side of Jordan westward. A large portion of the territory of the Amorites...
The Circumcision of the People
And Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins, for the place was later known as Gibeah-haaralo...
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 ma...
3 And Joshua made him sharpb knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.