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Joshua 5

Joshua 5 — Overview

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Joshua 5 — OverviewJoshua 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIsrael have now got over Jordan, and the waters which had opened before them, to favour their march forward, are closed again behind them, to forbid their retreat backward. They have now got footing in Canaan, and…Joshua 5 — OverviewJoshua 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe Canaanites being dispirited on the passage of the children of Israel through Jordan, Jos 5:1; Joshua is ordered to circumcise such of the people of Israel that were uncircumcised, Jos 5:2; in order to their eating…Joshua 5:1-9Joshua 5:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleA vast show, no doubt, the numerous camp of Israel made in the plains of Jericho, where now they had pitched their tents. Who can count the dust of Jacob? That which had long been the church in the wilderness…Joshua 5:1Joshua 5:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeall the kings: Joshua 12:9-24, Joshua 24:15; Genesis 10:15-19, Genesis 15:18-21, Genesis 48:22; Judges 11:23; 2 Samuel 21:2; Ezekiel 16:3; Amos 2:9 Canaanites: Joshua 17:12, Joshua 17:18; Genesis 12:6; Exodus 23:28;…Joshua 5:2Joshua 5:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgesharp knives: or, knives of flints, Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which…Joshua 5:2Joshua 5:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAt that time the Lord said unto Joshua,.... When the people had passed over Jordan, and had pitched in Gilgal, and Joshua had set up the stones there; and particularly when the dread of them had seized the inhabitants…