Holy Scripture

Joshua 5:8

A church father on this verse
“For it is not enough for us to be circumcised, but [we must] also be healed after circumcision, that is, until a scar closes up the wound of circumcision itself. When, therefore, is the scar spread over the wound of our circumcision? I myself think that to be circumcised by our Jesus is this: to be free from faults, t…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 6.1

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And when they had been circumcised they rested continuing there in the camp till they were healed.

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6Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord swore to give to their fathers, even a land flowing with milk and honey.

7And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way.

— Joshua 5:8 —

9And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Gilgal.

10And the children of Israel kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.

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