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 Israelite.

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

-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 celebrated Passover while camped in the desert wilderness of Sinai.

-Moses sent 12 Israelites 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 of giants and fear, the Lord God proclaimed that none of the men 20 years old or 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.

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

-the Israelite tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were given land on the same side of the Jordan River that the Israelites had journeyed through for 40 years, across from Canaan, according to their request.

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

However, throughout the 40-year journey, the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his wives Leah and Rachel and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, and the 12 sons born to Jacob, his wives and maidservants, had not circumcised any of the male infants on the 8th day after the infants were born. Over 1,400 years after the male Israelites were circumcised in Gilgal, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was circumcised.-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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