Josué 5:8

8 Después de ser circuncidados, todos los varones descansaron en el campamento hasta que sanaron.

Josué 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 5:8

And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the
people
Which seems as if it was done in one day, even on the same day they passed over Jordan, and came to Gilgal; though Bishop Usher

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 thinks it was the day following; and so the Jews ^F2 say it was on the eleventh of Nisan:

that they abode in their places in the camp till they were whole:
till the wound made by circumcision was healed; now as it was on the tenth day they passed over Jordan, and came to Gilgal, where they were circumcised, there were three entire days between that and the fourteenth, when they kept the passover; during which time they kept within their tents in the camp, being unfit to move from thence, for on the third day of circumcision they were usually sore, ( Genesis 34:25 ) ; but being well on the fourth, were able to attend the passover. As the providence of God greatly appeared in favour of Israel, by causing a dread to fall on their enemies, that they durst not sally out of the city and attack them; so it showed great faith in Joshua, and the Israelites, to administer circumcision at this time, just as they were landed in an enemy's country; and when the waters of Jordan were returned, and there was no going back, and if they could, as they were not in a condition to fight, so not to flee.

F1 Annales Vet. Test. p. 38.
F2 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31.

Josué 5:8 In-Context

6 Los israelitas anduvieron cuarenta años por el desierto hasta que murieron todos los hombres que salieron de Egipto y que tenían edad para ir a la guerra. Ellos habían desobedecido al Señor
, por eso el Señor
juró que no los dejaría entrar en la tierra que había prometido darnos, una tierra donde fluyen la leche y la miel.

7 Entonces Josué circuncidó a los hijos de esos israelitas —los que habían crecido para tomar el lugar de sus padres— porque no habían sido circuncidados en el camino a la Tierra Prometida.

8 Después de ser circuncidados, todos los varones descansaron en el campamento hasta que sanaron.

9 Luego el Señor
le dijo a Josué: «Hoy he hecho que la vergüenza de su esclavitud en Egipto salga rodando como una piedra». Por eso, ese lugar se llama Gilgal
hasta el día de hoy.

10 Mientras los israelitas acampaban en Gilgal, sobre la llanura de Jericó, celebraron la Pascua al atardecer del día catorce del primer mes.