‘We cannot do this thing,’ they said to them. ‘Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.
Joshua 5:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He raised up their sons in their place; it was these Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So it was their uncircumcised children whom He raised up in their stead whom Joshua circumcised, because the rite had not been performed on the way. American Standard Version (1901) And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. Common English Bible Joshua circumcised their children, the ones the LORD had set in their place. They were uncircumcised because they hadn’t been circumcised on the way. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of these ones succeeded to the place of their fathers, and they were circumcised by Joshua. For they were uncircumcised, just as they had been born, and no one had circumcised them along the way. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers, and were circumcised by Josue: for they were uncircumcised even as they were born, and no one had circumcised them in the way. |
‘We cannot do this thing,’ they said to them. ‘Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.
I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.
Your children, who you said would be plunder, your sons who don’t yet know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.
For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the Lord. So the Lord vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
After the entire nation had been circumcised, they stayed where they were in the camp until they recovered.