Joshua 5:12

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

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, and the sons of Israel had no more manna, and they ate the food of the land of Canaan in that year.
Latin
Defecitque manna postquam comederunt de frugibus terræ, nec usi sunt ultra cibo illo filii Israël, sed comederunt de frugibus præsentis anni terræ Chanaan.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Israel harvested the crops that the people of Jericho did not have time to harvest before Israel crossed the Jordan.

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

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants

Glossary

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

Topics

Corn: Eaten by the Israelites Gilgal: Manna Ceased At, After the Passover Manna: Ceased when Israel Entered Canaan Manna: General Scriptures Concerning