Joshua 5 · Verse 12

Joshua 5:12

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Joshua 5:12, King James Version

Joshua 5:12 in other translations

BSB	And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
WEB	The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
ASV	And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
YLT	and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.
DARBY	And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they had eaten of the old corn of the land; and there was no more manna for the children of Israel; and they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.
BBE	And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.
Webster	And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

What does Joshua 5:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 5:11-12

11-12. And they did eat of the old corn of the land--found in storehouses of the inhabitants who had fled into Jericho. parched corn--new grain (see on Le 23:10), probably lying in the fields. Roasted--a simple and primitive preparation, much liked in the East. This abundance of food led to the discontinuance of the manna; and the fact of its then ceasing, viewed in connection with its seasonable appearance in the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 And the manna ceased - after they had eaten of the old corn - This miraculous supply continued with them as long as they needed it. While they were in the wilderness they required such a provision; nor could such a multitude, in such a place, be supported without a miracle. Now they are got into the promised land, the anathematized inhabitants of which either fall or flee before them, they find an old stock, and they are brought in just at the commencement of the harvest; hence, as there is an ample provision made in the ordinary way of Providence, there is no longer any need of a miraculous supply; therefore the manna ceased which they had enjoyed for forty years. The circumstances in which it was first given, its continuance with them through all their peregrinations in the wilderness, its accompanying them over Jordan, and ceasing as soon as they got a supply in the ordinary way of Providence, all prove that it was a preternatural gift. "On the fourteenth of Nisan they sacrificed the paschal lamb: on the fifteenth, i.e., according to our calculation, the same day after sunset, they disposed themselves for eating it, and actually did eat it. On the morrow, the sixteenth, after having offered to God the homer, they began eating the corn of the country; and the seventeenth, the manna ceased to fall from heaven. What supports this calculation is, that the homer or sheaf was offered the sixteenth of Nisan, in broad daylight, though pretty late. Now the manna did not fall till night, or very early in the morning; so that it cannot be said to have ceased falling the same day that the Israelites began to eat of the produce of the country." - Dodd.

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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…

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Joshua 5:12 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨תvai.yish.Botand it ceasedH7673

הַמָּ֜ןha.Manthe mannaH4478

מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תmi.mo.cho.Ratfrom [the] next dayH4283

בְּאָכְלָם֙be.'a.khe.Lamwhen ate theyH398

מֵעֲב֣וּרme.'a.Vursome of [the] produce ofH5669

הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

הָ֥יָהHa.yahit belongedH1961

ע֛וֹדodagainH5750

לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] people ofH1121

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

מָ֑ןManmannaH4478

וַיֹּאכְל֗וּvai.yo.khe.Luand they ateH398

מִתְּבוּאַת֙mi.te.vu.'Atsome of [the] produce ofH8393

אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776

כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667

בַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141

הַהִֽיא\׃\ \סha.Hi'<the> thatH1931

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Cross references for Joshua 5:12

Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 6:10-11
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Nehemiah 9:20-21
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Revelation 7:16-17
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
John 4:38
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the manna.
Ex 16:35; Ne 9:20,21; Re 7:16,17
but they did eat.
De 6:10,11; Pr 13:22; Isa 65:13,14; Joh 4:38

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Context

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.
Joshua 5:12
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Joshua 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?

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Joshua 5:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y el maná cesó el día siguiente, desde que comenzaron á comer del fruto de la tierra: y los hijos de Israel nunca más tuvieron maná, sino que comieron de los frutos de la tierra de Canaán aquel año.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et la manne cessa dès le lendemain, après qu’ils eurent mangé du vieux blé du pays; et il n’y eut plus de manne pour les fils d’Israël; et ils mangèrent du cru du pays de Canaan cette année-là.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und das Man hörte auf am anderen Tage, als sie von dem Erzeugnis des Landes aßen, und es gab für die Kinder Israel kein Man mehr; und sie aßen von dem Ertrage des Landes Kanaan in jenem Jahre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Defecitque manna postquam comederunt de frugibus terræ, nec usi sunt ultra cibo illo filii Israël, sed comederunt de frugibus præsentis anni terræ Chanaan.