Joshua 5:7

7 Their sons took their places. But none of the sons born on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised, so Joshua circumcised them.

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 The men who had come out of Egypt had been circumcised, but none of those who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised.

6 The Israelites had moved about in the desert for forty years. During that time all the fighting men who had left Egypt had died because they had not obeyed the Lord. So the Lord swore they would not see the land he had promised their ancestors to give them, a fertile land.

7 Their sons took their places. But none of the sons born on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised, so Joshua circumcised them.

8 After all the Israelites had been circumcised, they stayed in camp until they were healed.

9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "As slaves in Egypt you were ashamed, but today I have removed that shame." So Joshua named that place Gilgal, which it is still named today.