They said to them, “We can’t do this thing—give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised—for this is a disgrace to us.
Joshua 5:7 - Tree of Life Version But He raised up their children in their place. Joshua circumcised them, for they were uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So it was their uncircumcised children whom He raised up in their stead whom Joshua circumcised, because the rite had not been performed on the way. American Standard Version (1901) And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. Common English Bible Joshua circumcised their children, the ones the LORD had set in their place. They were uncircumcised because they hadn’t been circumcised on the way. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of these ones succeeded to the place of their fathers, and they were circumcised by Joshua. For they were uncircumcised, just as they had been born, and no one had circumcised them along the way. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers, and were circumcised by Josue: for they were uncircumcised even as they were born, and no one had circumcised them in the way. |
They said to them, “We can’t do this thing—give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised—for this is a disgrace to us.
“As for your children—whom you said would be like plunder—I will bring them in and they will experience the land that you spurned.
“‘Moreover, your little ones—whom you said would become plunder, and your children who today have no knowledge of good or evil—they will enter there. To them I will give it and they will possess it.
For Bnei-Yisrael walked 40 years in the wilderness, until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt died out, because they had not listened to the voice of Adonai. To them Adonai had sworn that He would never let them see the land which Adonai had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Now it came to pass after they had finished circumcising the entire nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they recovered.