Joshua 5:5

Free Bible Version

They had all been circumcised when they left Egypt, but those born on the journey since then had not.

Cross References

Matthew 12:7

If you'd known the meaning of this Scripture, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn't have condemned those who are innocent.

Romans 2:26

If a man who is not circumcised keeps the law, he should be considered as being circumcised even though he's not.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision doesn't mean anything, and uncircumcision doesn't mean anything. Keeping the commandments of God is what really matters.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.

Galatians 6:15

Circumcision or uncircumcision doesn't matter—what matters is that we're created brand new!

Joshua 5:4

This is the reason why Joshua had them all circumcised: all those who left Egypt—the men of fighting age—had died on the journey through the wilderness after the Exodus.

Joshua 5:6

For forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men of fighting age when they left Egypt had died, because they had not done what the Lord had told them to do. So the Lord had vowed that he would not let them see the land he had promised their forefathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.