Joshua 5:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Though all the men who came out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness during the journey after the departure from Egypt were circumcised.

Cross References

Matthew 12:7

If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned these innocent men.

Romans 2:26

Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be considered circumcised?

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision means nothing, and uncircumcision means nothing; what matters is keeping God’s commandments.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Be Not Misled.

Galatians 6:15

For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation.

Joshua 5:4

This was the reason for the circumcision: Of all the people who had come out of Egypt, every male of military age had died in the wilderness during the journey after they came out of Egypt.

Joshua 5:6

Now the Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness, until all the warriors among the people that came forth from Egypt died off because they had not listened to the voice of the Lord. For the Lord swore that he would not let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.