Joshua 5 · Verse 10

Joshua 5:10

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 5:10, King James Version

Joshua 5:10 in other translations

BSB	On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
WEB	The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
ASV	And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
YLT	And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;
DARBY	And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and held the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the plains of Jericho.
BBE	So the children of Israel put up their tents in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the lowlands of Jericho.
Webster	And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

What does Joshua 5:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even--The time fixed by the law (see on Ex 12:17; Le 23:5; Nu 28:16). Thus the national existence was commenced by a solemn act of religious dedication.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 Kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month - If the ceremony of circumcision was performed on the eleventh day of the month, as many think; and if the sore was at the worst on the thirteenth, and the passover was celebrated on the fourteenth, the people being then quite recovered; it must have been rather a miraculous than a natural healing. We have already seen from the account of Sir J. Chardin, that it required about three weeks to restore to soundness adults who had submitted to circumcision: if any thing like this took place in the case of the Israelites at Gilgal, they could not have celebrated the passover on the third or fourth day after their circumcision. The apparent impossibility of this led Mr. Harmer to suppose that they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month, the preceding time having been employed in the business of the circumcision. See his Observations, vol. iv., p. 427, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 5:10-12

A solemn passover was kept, at the time appointed by the law, in the plains of Jericho, in defiance of the Canaanites round about them. It was a performance of the promise, that when they went up to keep the feasts, their land should be under the special protection of the Divine providence, Ex 34:24. Notice is taken of the ceasing of the manna as soon as they had eaten the old corn of the land. For as it came just when they needed, so it continued as long as they needed it. This teaches us not to expect supplies by miracles, when they may be had in a common way. The word and ordinances of God are spiritual manna, with which God nourishes his people in this wilderness. Though often forfeited, yet they are continued while we are here; but when we come to the heavenly Canaan, this manna will cease, for we shall no longer need it.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 5:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּחֲנ֥וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583

בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

בַּגִּלְגָּ֑לba.gil.Galat <the> GilgalH1537

וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they observedH6213

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הַפֶּ֡סַחha.Pe.sachthe passoverH6453

בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩be.'ar.ba.'Ahon [the] four-H702

עָשָׂ֨ר'a.SarteenH6240

י֥וֹםYomdayH3117

לַחֹ֛דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320

בָּעֶ֖רֶבba.'E.revin the eveningH6153

בְּעַֽרְב֥וֹתbe.'ar.Voton [the] plains ofH6160

יְרִיחֽוֹ\׃ye.ri.ChoJerichoH3405

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Cross references for Joshua 5:10

Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Numbers 9:1-5
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. …
Ezekiel 12:3
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 12:6-16
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

kept the passover.
Eze 12:3,6,7-16; Nu 9:1-5

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Context

Joshua 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.
Joshua 5:10
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 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.

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Joshua 5:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los hijos de Israel asentaron el campo en Gilgal, y celebraron la pascua á los catorce días del mes, por la tarde, en los llanos de Jericó.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et les fils d’Israël campèrent à Guilgal; et ils célébrèrent la Pâque, le quatorzième jour du mois, au soir, dans les plaines de Jéricho.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Kinder Israel lagerten in Gilgal; und sie feierten das Passah am vierzehnten Tage des Monats, am Abend, in den Ebenen von Jericho.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Manseruntque filii Israël in Galgalis, et fecerunt Phase quartadecima die mensis ad vesperum in campestribus Jericho: