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Joshua 5:6-8
International Children’s Bible
Joshua 5:6-8
International Children’s Bible
6 The Israelites had moved about in the desert for 40 years. During that time all the fighting men who had left Egypt had died. This was because they had not obeyed the Lord. So the Lord swore they would not see the land. This was the land he had promised their ancestors to give them. It was a land where much food grows. 7 So their sons took their places. But none of the sons born on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised. So Joshua circumcised them. 8 After all the Israelites had been circumcised, they stayed in camp until they were healed.
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Joshua 5:6-8
New King James Version
Joshua 5:6-8
New King James Version
6 For the children of Israel walked (A)forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were [a]consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that (B)He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, (C)“a land flowing with milk and honey.” 7 Then Joshua circumcised (D)their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp (E)till they were healed.
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Joshua 5:6-8
King James Version
Joshua 5:6-8
King James Version
6 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.
7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
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Joshua 5:6-8
New International Version
Joshua 5:6-8
New International Version
6 The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness(A) forty years(B) until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us,(C) a land flowing with milk and honey.(D) 7 So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8 And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.(E)
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