The Meaning of Joshua 5:8 Explained

Joshua 5:8

KJV: And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

YLT: And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;

Darby: And it came to pass when the whole nation had finished being circumcised, that they abode in their place in the camp, till they were whole.

ASV: And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass, when they had done  circumcising  all the people,  that they abode  in their places in the camp,  till they were whole. 

What does Joshua 5:8 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 5:8 mean?

So it was when they had finished all the people circumcising that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed -
וַיְהִ֛י כַּאֲשֶׁר־ תַּ֥מּוּ כָל־ הַגּ֖וֹי לְהִמּ֑וֹל וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתָּ֛ם בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה עַ֥ד חֲיוֹתָֽם פ

וַיְהִ֛י  So  it  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תַּ֥מּוּ  they  had  finished 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: תָּמַם  
Sense: to be complete, be finished, be at an end.
הַגּ֖וֹי  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
לְהִמּ֑וֹל  circumcising 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ  that  they  stayed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
תַחְתָּ֛ם  in  their  places 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה  in  the  camp 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
עַ֥ד  till 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
חֲיוֹתָֽם  they  were  healed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חָיָה  
Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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