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Joshua 5

Joshua 5:11

The Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal · Joshua 5:1–12
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Translations

Modern
The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, on this same day.
Latin
…et comederunt de frugibus terræ die altero, azymos panes, et polentam ejusdem anni.

Original

Hebrew
English
The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

Notes

Joshua 5:11

Israel again celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which lasts seven days after Passover (Leviticus 23:6). During this time, the people ate unleavened bread and roasted grain, a common food at harvest time (see Ruth 2:14).

Joshua 5:11–12

God stopped providing manna each day because food from the land was now available (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:9).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua Bread from Heaven

Events

People

Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Food and Food Preparation Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Corn: Eaten by the Israelites Gilgal: Place of the First Encampment of the Israelites West of the Jordan River: Passover Kept At Passover: Observation of, Renewed by the Israelites Upon Entering Canaan Tabernacle was Set Up: At Gilgal The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of On Entering the Land of Promise