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Clementine Latin Vulgate
Josue 5:9
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Dixitque Dominus ad Josue: Hodie abstuli opprobrium �gypti a vobis. Vocatumque est nomen loci illius Galgala, usque in pr�sentem diem.
Dixitque Dominus ad Iosue: "Hodie abstuli opprobrium Aegypti a vobis". Vocatumque est nomen loci illius Galgala usque in praesentem diem.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I rolled away: Joshua 24:14, Genesis 34:14, Leviticus 24:14, 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Psalms 119:39, Jeremiah 9:25, Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:12
Gilgal: That is, rolling. Joshua 4:19
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:30 - Gilgal Joshua 12:23 - Gilgal Joshua 15:7 - Gilgal 1 Samuel 13:4 - to Gilgal 2 Samuel 19:15 - Gilgal 2 Kings 2:1 - Gilgal Nehemiah 12:29 - the house Micah 6:5 - Shittim
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord said unto Joshua,.... Out of the tabernacle:
this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you; either the reproach of being reckoned office same religion with the Egyptians, they now having observed the command of the Lord, and thereby declared themselves to be his servants and worshippers, which sense Ben Gersom mentions; or else the reproach with which the Egyptians reproached them, that they were brought out from them into the wilderness for evil, to be destroyed there, they now being safely arrived in the land of Canaan; which tense he seems to approve of, and so Abarbinel: or rather by it is meant the reproach of being bondmen, and slaves, as they were in Egypt, having now entered upon their inheritance, they as free men, the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were heirs unto; and perhaps it was this sense of the phrase led Josephus c to give a wrong interpretation of the word "Gilgal", which he says signifies "liberty": and adds,
"for, having passed the river, they knew they were free from the Egyptians, and from troubles in the wilderness;''
though the more commonly received sense is, that this reproach is to be understood of uncircumcision, which was the reproach of the Egyptians, they at this time not using circumcision they afterwards did, when some of the nations thereabout used it, who descended, from Abraham, as the Midianites, Ishmaelites, Arabians, and Edomites:
wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day; which signifies "rolling" d; so that when it is met with before, it is so called by anticipation.
c Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 11. d A גלל "volvit, devolvit", Buxtorf.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The reproach of Egypt - i. e. “reproach proceeding from Egypt.” The expression probably refers to taunts actually uttered by the Egyptians against Israel, because of their long wanderings in the desert and failures to acquire a settlement in Canaan (compare Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:13-16; Deuteronomy 9:28; Deuteronomy 32:27). These reproaches were now to end, for they had actually entered Canaan, and the restoration of the covenant was a pledge from God to accomplish what was begun for them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 5:9. The reproach of Egypt — Their being uncircumcised made them like the uncircumcised Egyptians; and the Hebrews ever considered all those who were uncircumcised as being in a state of the grossest impurity. Being now circumcised, the reproach of uncircumcision was rolled away. This is another proof that the Israelites did not receive circumcision from the Egyptians; for they could not have considered those in a state of abomination, from whom they received that rite by which they conceived themselves to be made pure. The Israelites had this rite from Abraham; and Abraham had it from the express order of God himself. See Genesis 17:10, and the note there.
The place is called Gilgal — A rolling away or rolling off. Joshua 4:19, where the word is largely explained.
