Joshua 5:7

New Living Translation

So Joshua circumcised their sons—those who had grown up to take their fathers’ places—for they had not been circumcised on the way to the Promised Land.

Cross References

Genesis 34:14

They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!

Numbers 14:31

“‘You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

Deuteronomy 1:39

I will give the land to your little ones—your innocent children. You were afraid they would be captured, but they will be the ones who occupy it.

Joshua 5:6

The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the Lord, and the Lord vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

Joshua 5:8

After all the males had been circumcised, they rested in the camp until they were healed.