Joshua 5:4
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.”Joshua 5:4
What Does Joshua 5:4 Mean?
Joshua 5:4 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 5, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 7 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (7)
These passages are connected to Joshua 5:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 26:64“But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.”Deuteronomy 2:16“So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,”1 Corinthians 10:5“But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.”Genesis 17:10“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.”Numbers 14:22“Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;”Deuteronomy 2:14“And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.”Hebrews 3:17“But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?”
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