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Jos 5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
circumcise again
Circumcision is the "sign" of the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 17:7-14; Rom 4:11). "The reproach of Egypt" was that, during the later years of the Egyptian bondage, this separating sign had been neglected (cf. Exo 4:24-26), and this neglect had continued during the wilderness wanderings. The N.T. analogue is world conformity; the failure openly to take a believer's place with Christ in death and resurrection (Rom 6:2-11; Gal 6:14-16). Spiritually it is mortifying the deeds of the body through the Spirit (Rom 8:13; Gal 5:16, 17; Col 2:11, 12; 3:5-10).
Jos 5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
circumcised
Gen 17:10-14; Deu 30:6; Jer 9:25, 26; Rom 2:28, 29; 1Co 7:19; Gal 5:6; 6:15; Phl 3:3; Col 2:11.
Jos 5:9 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.
Gilgal
A rolling.
Jos 5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
the old corn of the land
The manna is a type of Christ in humiliation, known "after the flesh," giving his flesh that the believer might have life (John 6:49-51); while the "old corn of the land" is Christ apprehended as risen, glorified, and seated in the heavenlies. Occupation with Christ on earth, "crucified through weakness," tends to a wilderness experience. An experience befitting the believer's place in the heavenlies demands an apprehension of the power of His resurrection (2Co 5:16; 13:4; Phl 3:10; Eph 1:15-23). It is the contrast between "milk" and "meat" in Paul's writings (1Co 3:1, 2; Heb 5:12-14; 6:1-3).
Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
he lifted up his eyes and looked
Cf. Job 42:5, 6; Isa 6:5; Jer 1:5, 6; Eze 1:28; Dan 10:5-8; Act 9:3-6; Rev 1:17.
Jos 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
holy
Sanctify, holy (O.T.). Jos 6:19. (Gen 2:3; Zec 8:3)
Translated "consecrated," Joshua 6:19; in R.V. holy.
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