Joshua 5:5

New Century Version

The men who had come out of Egypt had been circumcised, but none of those who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised.

Cross References

Matthew 12:7

The Scripture says, ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

Romans 2:26

People who are not Jews are not circumcised, but if they do what the law says, it is as if they were circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:19

It is not important if a man is circumcised or not. The important thing is obeying God’s commands.

Galatians 5:6

When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Galatians 6:15

It is not important if a man is circumcised or uncircumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.

Joshua 5:4

This is why Joshua circumcised the men: After the Israelites left Egypt, all the men old enough to serve in the army died in the desert on the way out of Egypt.

Joshua 5:6

The Israelites had moved about in the desert for forty years. During that time all the fighting men who had left Egypt had died because they had not obeyed the Lord. So the Lord swore they would not see the land he had promised their ancestors to give them, a fertile land.