Joshua 5:7

7 And it was their children [whom] he raised in their place that Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised {on the journey}.

Joshua 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 5:7

And the children [whom] he raised up in their stead, them
Joshua circumcised
Who were born to them in the wilderness, and succeeded them, some of which might be near forty years of age; as for those that were born before, of which there might be many now living, they had been circumcised already, but others, were not:

for they were circumcised, because they had not circumcised them by
the way;
or while journeying the forty years in the wilderness; which, as before observed, seems to be the true reason of the omission of circumcision.

Joshua 5:7 In-Context

5 For all the people who left were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness {on the journey} [after] they left from Egypt were not circumcised.

6 For forty years the {Israelites} traveled in the wilderness until all the nation, the warriors that left Egypt, perished, because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh. To them Yahweh swore that they would not see the land that he swore to their ancestors to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

7 And it was their children [whom] he raised in their place that Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised {on the journey}.

8 And it happened, when all the nation had finished circumcising, they remained where they were in the camp until they recovered.

9 And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you." Therefore, the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "on the road"