Joshua 9:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 9:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joshua 9:5 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joshua 9:5 — KJV
“And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.”
— Joshua 9:5 (KJV)
Joshua 9:5 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 9:5
“This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:”
Shares key themes with Joshua 9:5: old, bread, provision
“Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. Forbear: Heb. Be silent lips: Heb. upper lip”
Shares key themes with Joshua 9:5: shoes, feet, bread
“And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 9:5: old, shoes, feet
“And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 9:5: old, shoes, garments
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 9:5: old, dry
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