The Meaning of Joshua 5:5 Explained

Joshua 5:5

KJV: Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

YLT: for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who are born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;

Darby: For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt, them had they not circumcised.

ASV: For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joshua 5:5?

MEANING: What does Joshua 5:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joshua 5:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joshua 5:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now  all the people  that came out  were circumcised:  but all the people  [that were] born  in the wilderness  by the way  as they came forth  out of Egypt,  [them] they had not circumcised. 

What does Joshua 5:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 5:1-12 - Renewing The Covenant With God
Evidently the people of Canaan realized that they were entering into conflict with God Almighty. This made their bitter resistance less excusable. But before Israel could go forward into the campaign, they must undergo that initial rite which from the days of Abraham had separated them unto God, Genesis 17:1-27. The outbreak at Kadesh had practically annulled that relationship, which now must be renewed, Numbers 14:1-45.
Before we can serve God's high purposes in the world, we must be separated from sin. The old nature must be denied and put away, and the new nature, which is holy, harmless and separate from sin, must become ours. Nothing but death can meet the case, Colossians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1.
The circumcised soul alone may eat of the Passover, which is Christ. We need to feed on Him, keeping the daily feast with joy, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; John 6:51; John 6:54. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 5

1  The Canaanites are afraid
2  Joshua renews circumcision
10  The Passover is kept at Gilgal
12  manna ceases
13  An angel appears to Joshua

What do the individual words in Joshua 5:5 mean?

For had been circumcised were all the people who came out but all the people born in the wilderness on the way as they came out of Egypt not had been circumcised
כִּֽי־ מֻלִ֣ים הָי֔וּ כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם הַיֹּֽצְאִ֑ים וְכָל־ הָ֠עָם הַיִּלֹּדִ֨ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ בְּצֵאתָ֥ם מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם לֹא־ מָֽלוּ

מֻלִ֣ים  had  been  circumcised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַיֹּֽצְאִ֑ים  who  came  out 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
וְכָל־  but  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָ֠עָם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַיִּלֹּדִ֨ים  born 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יִלֹּוד  
Sense: born.
בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר  in  the  wilderness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ  on  the  way 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בְּצֵאתָ֥ם  as  they  came 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם  out  of  Egypt 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
מָֽלוּ  had  been  circumcised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.

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