Joshua 5:3

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

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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 Colossian...
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 we...
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. 8...
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 t...
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 argil...
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...
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...
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...
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. T...
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....
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 complet...
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 k...
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,...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Circumcision of the Israelites. B. C. 1451....
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 pr...
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 Joshu...
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...
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 . M...
The Biblical Illustrator

Make thee sharp knives and circumcise. The circumcising at Gilgal Even those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there w...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision of the People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:23-27 ; Matthew 16:24
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 ma...

³ And Joshua made him sharpb knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 5:3