Joshua 5:4
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.This verse in the real world
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- מוּלmûwlto cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication,
- זָכָרzâkârproperly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- מִדְבָּרmidbâra pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also spe
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsha man in general (singly or collectively)
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 26:64–65, 1Co 10:5, Deu 2:16, Deu 2:14, Num 14:22, Heb 3:17–19