For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Commentaries
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Of the whole nation, only those were already circumcised at the time of the passage of the Jordan who had been under twenty years of age at the tim…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
(20—5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, until we were passed ov…
John Gill
JohnGill
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the
wilderness
Wanting a few days, t…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
How dreadful is the case of those who see the wrath of God advancing towards them, without being able to turn it aside or escape it! Such will be t…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes