Joshua chapter 5 is a chapter that made me say "ouch!" I can't imagine what circumcision felt like for these men who were not circumcised in the desert.
Now i am sure that this chapter must have been significant in some way but my mind can't get beyond the "ouch!" Mainly because i know what the process of circumcision is and that it is usually performed on babies not on grown men and for obvious reasons a little child is not going to remember that kind of experience.
Maybe this was a way to help all the men of Israel remember exactly who the LORD is and what HE had done for them.
Carl, i need some of your 'old testament' studies on this one.
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Ouch is putting it lightly. These men wouldn't have been able to move for at least three days.
On a technical note, I do remember Colin (Prof. Colin to everyone else) explaining the common practice of circumcising a 12/13 y.o. male for his "coming of age." If anyone feels so historicly inclined, I could search for the Egyptian relief art which displays this painful experience. Seeing it once was enough for me.
no thanks, i've already seen it done...that is why i say ouch...
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