5:6 Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. 1 For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, 2 a land rich in 3 milk and honey.
Joshua 5:8
5:8 When all the men 4 had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.
1 tnHeb “all the nation, the men of war who went out from Egypt, who did not listen to the voice of the Lord, came to an end.”
2 tn Some Hebrew mss, as well as the Syriac version, support this reading. Most ancient witnesses read “us.”