4 And this is the cauſe why Fothua did circumciſe : All the people that came out of Egypt m, that were ' males, even all thepeople of war died in the wilderneſs
by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
mm 'Fhis is tobe reſtrained to ſuch as were then above 20 years old, and ſuch as were guilty of that rebellion, Numb. 14. as 1t 125 expreſled below, v. 6. ;
5 Now all the people that came out, were circum- ciſed : but all the people that were born in the wilderneſs by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, hem they
» had not circumciſed. | |
» Either theic Parents,or the Rulers of !-ael, whoſe omiſſion here- of was not through negle& ; for then God, who had ordered the negleQer of Circumciſion to be cut off, Gen. 17.14: would not have left ſo groſs a fault unpuniſhed: but by Divine Permiſſion and In- dulgence ; partly becauſe they were now in a Journey, 1n which caſe the Pafloveralſo might be negle&ed, Numb: 9: 10, 13. _— that Journey the Paſſover was but once obſerved ; and partly be- cauſe there was not ſo great a neceſſity of this note of Circumciſion co diſtinguiſh them from other Nations, whileſt they dwelt alone and unmixed in the Wilderneſs, as there was afterwards.
6 For the children of {ſrael walked forty years in the wilderneſs, till all the people o that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were conſumed, becauſe
f they obeyed not the voice of the LORD, unto whom
8 Numb. che LORD ſware*that he would not ſhew them p the
F4- 23- land which the LORD ſware unto their fathers,chat he
$ would give us aland thatfloweth with milk and honey.
a o The Hebrew word commonly ſignifies the Gentiles '; ſo the calls them, to note that they were unworthy of the name and priviled- ges of Iſraelites. p (7. e.) Not give them ſo much as a fight of it, which he granted to Moſes, much leſs the poſſeſſion and enjoyment Or ſhewing is put for giving, as it is Pſal. 4. 6. and 60. 3. Ec- cleſ. 2. 24. ; ;
7 Andtheic children whow he raiſed up in their ſtead, them Foſhuacircumciſed q, for they were uncircumci- ſed : becauſe they had not circumciſed them by the way.
g Which God would have now done, 1. As a Teſtimony of Gods reconciliation to the people, of which Circumciſion was a ſign, and that God would not further impute their Parents Rebellions to them. 2+ Becauſe the great impediment of Circumciſion was now removed, to wit, their continued Travels, and frequentand uncer- rain removal. yg. Toprepare them for the approaching Paſſover. 4.
. To diſtinguiſh them from the Canaamtes, into whoſe land they were now come. 5. To ratify the Covenant between God and them, whereof Circumciſion was a Sign and Seal, to aſſure them that God
would now make good his Covenant, in giving them this Land ; and to oblige them to perform all the Duties and Services to which that Covenant bound them, of which Circumciſion was the begin- ning and foundation, all which they were expreſly enjoyned to do,
_ as ſoon as ever they came into Canaan, Exod. 12. 25. Levit, 23. 10.
| Numb. 15. 2. | ;
E 8 And it came to paſs * when they had done circum-
| _ ciſing all the people, that they abode in their places in
the people the camy, till they * were whole 7.
[bad made r Free fiom that pain and ſore which Circumciſion cauſed, Gen.
anend tobe 34. 25. It was indeed an a@ of great Faith, toexpoſe themſelves tro
Circumci= To much pain and danger too, in this place where they were hem-
ed. -- med in by Jordan and their Enemies ; but they had many eonſide-
'* Heb. k. OC: their Faith, and ſuppreſs their Fears; the freſh
wed. experience of -Gods powerand readineſs to work Miracles for their | - preſervation ; the great conſternation of all their Enemies, which ' they _ obſerve and rationally preſume; the conſiderable num- ber of the people who were above 4o years old, and therefore cir-
- cumciſed before this time, their great General being one of this
- number ; the time it would require for their Enemies to bring to-
_ - gether a force ſufficient to oppoſe them?
.9 And the LORD faid unto Joſhua, This day have | I rolled away the reproach of Egypt s from off you : * That is, Wherefore the name of the place iscalled * Gilgal, unto rolling. * this day.
s (7. e.) Uncircumciſion, which was both in Truth, and in the o- pinion of the Jews, a matter of great reproach, Gen: 34: 14: 1Sam:
" T4: 6; and 17: 26. And although this was a reproach common to
- moſt Nations of the World, yet it is particularly called the reproach of Egypt, either, 1. Becauſe the other neighbouring Nations, being
'the children of Abraham by the Concubines, are ſuppoſed to have been Circumciſed, which the Egyprians at this time were not, as
- may be gathered from Exod: 2: 6: where they knew the Child to be an Hebrew þy this mark. Or 2. becauſe they came out of Egypt, and were eſteemed to be a ſort of Egyptians, Numb: 22: 5: which they juſt- ly thought a great reproach ; but by their Circumciſion. they were now diſtinguiſhed from them, and manifeſted to be anether kind
ofpcople, Or 3, Becauſe many of chem lay under this reproach in |
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DLz Chap. VI.
Eeypt, having wickedly negleQed this Duty there for worldly rea- ſons ; and others of them continued inthe ſameſhameful condition for many years in the Wilderneſs. ; 10 And the children of Iſrael encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Paſſover, on the fourteenth * day of the ,,. FI
moneth at even, in the plains of Jericho e. p
t Which was their third Paffover: the firſt was. in Egypt, Exod: * 12: the ſecond at Mount Sinai, Numb: 9: the third here ; for in their Wilderneſs Travels, theſe and all other Sacrifices were negleCed, Amos 5. 25.
11 And they did eat of the old corn « of the land, on the morrow after the Paſſover x ; unleavyened cakes, and parched cor» y, in the ſelf-ſame day z.