Jos 5:2-12 | TSK | e4.org | sharp knives or, knives of flints, Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are frequently turned up by the plough. And even when iron became more common, stone knives seem to have been preferred for making incisions in the human body. The Egyptians used such to open the bodies for embalming; and the tribe of Alnajab in Ethiopia, who follow the Mosaic institution, perform the rite of circumcision, according to Ludolf, cultris lapidibus , with knives made of stone. circumcise ; , ; , ;

‏ Joshua 5:2-12

sharp knives or, knives of flints, Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are frequently turned up by the plough. And even when iron became more common, stone knives seem to have been preferred for making incisions in the human body. The Egyptians used such to open the bodies for embalming; and the tribe of Alnajab in Ethiopia, who follow the Mosaic institution, perform the rite of circumcision, according to Ludolf, cultris lapidibus, with knives made of stone.

circumcise Gen 17:10-14; Deut 10:16, Deut 30:6; Rom 2:29, Rom 4:11; Col 2:11

Joshua Gen 17:23-27; Matt 16:24

the hill of the foreskins or, Gibeah haaraloth

All the Num 14:22, Num 26:64-65; Deut 2:16; 1Cor 10:5; Heb 3:17-19

they had not Deut 12:8-9; Hos 6:6-7; Matt 12:7; Rom 2:26; 1Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6, Gal 6:15

walked Num 14:32-34; Deut 1:3, Deut 2:7, Deut 2:14, Deut 8:4; Ps 95:10-11; Jer 2:2

sware that Num 14:23; Heb 3:11

a land Exod 3:8, Exod 3:17; Ezek 20:6, Ezek 20:15; Joel 3:18

their children Num 14:31; Deut 1:39

when they etc. Heb. when the people had made an end to be circumcised

till they were whole Gen 34:25

I rolled away Josh 24:14; Gen 34:14; Lev 24:14; 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; Ps 119:39; Jer 9:25; Ezek 20:7-8, Ezek 23:3, Ezek 23:8; Eph 2:11-12

Gilgal That is, rolling. Josh 4:19

kept the passover Ezek 12:3, Ezek 12:6, Ezek 12:7-16; Num 9:1-5

old corn The people would find abundance of old corn in the deserted granaries of the affrighted inhabitants, and the barley harvest being ripe, after offering the sheaf of first-fruits, they ate also new parched corn; and thus the manna being no longer necessary, ceased, after having been sent them regularly for almost forty years. To Christians the manna for their souls shall never fail, till they arrive at the Canaan above, to feast on its rich and inexhaustible provisions.

unleavened cakes Exod 12:18-20, Exod 13:6-7; Lev 23:6, Lev 23:14

the manna Exod 16:35; Neh 9:20-21; Rev 7:16-17

but they did eat Deut 6:10-11; Prov 13:22; Isa 65:13-14; John 4:38