Joshua 5:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 5:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joshua 5:6 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came ou..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joshua 5:6 — KJV
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
— Joshua 5:6 (KJV)
Joshua 5:6 in Context — About the Book of Joshua
Joshua is the book of possessed promises. After Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan, around Jericho's walls, and into the inheritance God swore to Abraham. It is a manual for courage — God's command to be strong and courageous frames the whole conquest.
Cross-References for Joshua 5:6
“Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 5:6: israel, people, war
“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 5:6: war, lord, sware
“And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 5:6: war, lord, sware
“Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 5:6: children, israel, years
“Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: wholly...: Heb. fulfilled after me”
Shares key themes with Joshua 5:6: years, men, war
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