"So it cameabout whenallthe menof warhad finallyperishedfrom amongthe people,
They had [just] goneout of the city,[and] were not faroff, when Josephsaidto his housesteward,"Up, followthe men;and when you overtakethem, sayto them, 'Whyhave you repaidevilfor good?
"Everyonewho comesnear,who comesnearto the tabernacleof the LORD,must die.Are we to perishcompletely?"
"Now the timethat it tookfor us to comefrom Kadesh-barneauntilwe crossedoverthe brookZeredwas thirty-eightyears,untilallthe generationof the menof warperishedfrom withinthe camp,as the LORDhad swornto them.
that the LORDspoketo me, saying,
Thisis the reasonwhyJoshuacircumcisedthem: allthe peoplewho cameout of Egyptwho were males,allthe menof war,diedin the wildernessalong the wayafter they cameout of Egypt.
