This Day

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 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. 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. 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. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.-Joshua 5:1-9***After Moses and his older brother Aaron led their fellow Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, according to the command of the Lord God:

-the Israelites witnessed the divine parting of the Red Sea, and walked across its dry bed. The Egyptians drowned.

-the Israelites defeated enemy Amalekites.

-the Israelites went through a period of consecration before the Lord God descended upon Mount Sinai in fire, and the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them.

-The Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites.

-the Israelites worshiped a golden calf when Moses was upon Mount Sinai 40 days and nights with the Lord God.

-the Israelites made the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the mercy seat, the table for the showbread, the lampstand, the transportable tabernacle and its items and courtyard, the altar of burnt offering, the garments and items for the priests, the altar of incense, the laver (basin), the holy anointing oil, and the holy incense.

-the Israelites observed the Passover while camped in the desert wilderness of Sinai.

-Moses sent 12 Israelite men to search Canaan, the Promised Land,  according to the command of the Lord God and a request from the Israelites. After the spies, except for Caleb and Joshua, spoke about giants and fear, the Lord God proclaimed that none of the men 20 years old and older would step onto the Promised Land, except for Caleb and Joshua.

-the Israelites saw Moses strike a rock that subsequently flowed with water for them and their animals to drink.

-the Israelites experienced victory over King Arad and the Canaanites, and King Sihon and the Amorites, and King Og and the Amorites, and the Midianites.

-Moses gave the tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad and 1/2 the tribe of Manasseh some of the land that the Israelites conquered,  according to the request originally made by the Reubenites and Gadites.

-the Israelites were supplied with water to drink, manna to eat, and they never experienced swollen feet, or tattered clothing and footwear during their 40-year journey to the Promised Land.

However, throughout the journey, the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel) had not circumcised any of the male infants. Over 1,400 years after the male Israelites were circumcised in Gilgal, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Aaron and Moses, to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after John the Baptist was born, he was circumcised, and on the 8th day after Jesus the Christ was born, Jesus was circumcised, according to the covenant of circumcision that the Lord God gave Abraham.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-55, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.-Genesis 17:9-10

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