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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 5:1-15

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; but often they struck off flints, whose edges are very sharp. Infants were healed in three days, but great soreness followed with men; they could not walk, as in Joshua 5:8. The place was afterwards called Gilgal; that is, rolling away of reproach. See more on Genesis 17:12. Joshua 5:12 . The manna... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 5:2-9

Joshua 5:2-9Make thee sharp knives and circumcise.The circumcising at GilgalEven those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there was deep spiritual significance in the administration of that rite at that juncture. On more than one occasion they had heard Moses speak of circumcising the heart, and they must have felt that God meant to teach them the vanity of trusting to their numbers, or prowess, or martial array. Their strength was nothing to Him. The land was not to be... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 5:9

Jos 5:9 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 the reproach, &c. ] That is, the uncircumcision of your flesh, see 1Sa 17:26 Gen 34:16 Php 3:4-5 together with all that filth and guilt which you have contracted by conversing with those superstitious and wicked Egyptians. "Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 5:9

I rolled away: Joshua 24:14, Genesis 34:14, Leviticus 24:14, 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Psalms 119:39, Jeremiah 9:25, Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:12 Gilgal: That is, rolling. Joshua 4:19 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:30 - Gilgal Joshua 12:23 - Gilgal Joshua 15:7 - Gilgal 1 Samuel 13:4 - to Gilgal 2 Samuel 19:15 - Gilgal 2 Kings 2:1 - Gilgal Nehemiah 12:29 - the house Micah 6:5 - Shittim read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 5:9

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 — 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, yet it is particularly called the reproach of Egypt, either, 1. because the other neighbouring nations, being the children of Abraham by the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 5:2-9

CIRCUMCISION RESTORED, Joshua 5:2-9. [It seems at first sight strange that the chosen people for forty years neglected circumcision. The clue to a proper explanation of this neglect is furnished in the following verses, especially in Joshua 5:9, where allusion is made to the reproach of Egypt. This reproach is explained, in Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:13-16; Deuteronomy 9:28, as the scoffing words and ridicule which the Egyptians would so naturally utter against the Hebrews when the latter... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

9. I rolled away the reproach of Egypt The reproach which Egypt has cast upon you; for Egypt is here subjective and not objective. Compare Isaiah 51:7; Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 36:15. Many are the explanations of this reproach. Some say it was Egyptian bondage; others, the state of being uncircumcised, which implies, what cannot be proved, that the Egyptians were circumcised; still others, that the Hebrews were unfit for war. But we find the reproach in Exodus 32:12: “Wherefore should the... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 5:1-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 5:2-9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 5:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 5:9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 5:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 5:2-9

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

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