Josué 5:8

8 Una vez que todos fueron circuncidados, permanecieron en el campamento hasta que se recuperaron.

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 Dios les había prometido a sus antepasados que les daría una tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel. Pero los israelitas que salieron de Egipto no obedecieron el SEÑOR, y por ello él juró que no verían esa tierra. En consecuencia, deambularon por el desierto durante cuarenta años, hasta que murieron todos los varones en edad militar.

7 A los hijos de estos, a quienes Dios puso en lugar de ellos, los circuncidó Josué, pues no habían sido circuncidados durante el viaje.

8 Una vez que todos fueron circuncidados, permanecieron en el campamento hasta que se recuperaron.

9 Luego el SEÑOR le dijo a Josué: «Hoy les he quitado de encima el oprobio de Egipto». Por esa razón, aquel lugar se llama Guilgal hasta el día de hoy.

10 Al caer la tarde del día catorce del mes primero, mientras acampaban en la llanura de Jericó, los israelitas celebraron la Pascua.