Joshua 5:6
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”Joshua 5:6
What Does Joshua 5:6 Mean?
Joshua 5:6 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 5, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Joshua 5:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 14:23“Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:”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 3:11“So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)”Deuteronomy 1:3“And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;”Exodus 3:8“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”Numbers 14:29“Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,”Deuteronomy 2:7“For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.”Psalms 95:10“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”Exodus 33:3“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.”Deuteronomy 8:4“Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.”Deuteronomy 27:3“And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.”Jeremiah 2:2“Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.”Ezekiel 20:6“In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:”Ezekiel 20:15“Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;”Genesis 27:28“Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:”Genesis 34:25“And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.”Exodus 3:17“And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”Numbers 13:27“And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.”Joshua 24:7“And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.”Judges 11:16“But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;”
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