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When we arrive in the fifth chapter of the book of Joshua, we are meeting a nation and a leader who are in transformation. The Jewish people have just crossed the Jordan River, and we are confronted with some of the very first experiences of power, settlement, and dedication.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the second verse of this chapter, Joshua is commanded to provide a \u201c<\/em><\/span>second\u201d circumcision <\/span><\/em>to all of the Israelite men. So, Joshua follows God\u2019s command, and \u201cre\u201d-circumcises all of the men at <\/span>Giv\u2019at Ha\u2019aralot,<\/em> <\/span>literally translated as <\/span>Foreskin Hill<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The text goes on to explain why exactly this is necessary:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll the people who had come out of Egypt, all the males of military age, had died during the desert wanderings after leaving Egypt. Now, whereas all the people who came out of Egypt had been circumcised, none of the people born after the exodus, during the desert wanderings, had been circumcised.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Further in the chapter, in verse 11, we read of the very first <\/span>Korban Pesach<\/span><\/em> (Passover sacrifice) that is offered in the Land of Israel. Having just crossed the Jordan, the Israelites are almost immediately required to celebrate Pesach, the paradigmatic origin story of the Jewish transition from oppression to freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Korban Pesach<\/span><\/em> gives us a communal lens through which we can thank God for bringing us to the place of our freedom. And we can see here, how this moment, of having just entered the Land of Israel, is not dissimilar from the Exodus from Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 5 is particularly poignant because it offers two distinct, and sacred, paradigms for re-committing to God: one that is achieved through the flesh, and one that is achieved through a communal celebration and meal. In both instances, the Jewish people are making a profound commitment, one that harkens back to the promise of Abraham and simultaneously to that moment in which we became a free people, ready to express our national will, that makes a great claim on the unfolding project of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n

These two paradigms for re-committing to God may, and perhaps must, also serve as an important cautionary tale about confronting some of the earliest moments of conquest, war, and nationalism. We read this chapter and must remember that in making a physical, bodily oath, and while sitting with the community offering praise and thanks for our redemption and safe passage from Egypt, the community affirms that it is committed to something larger than itself, a form of accountability that sees the role of the Divine working in concert with the political will and actions of the people. <\/span><\/p>\n

We must read this chapter and understand the deep warning embedded within it: that the power, conquest, and national identity that the Jewish people are about to achieve, depends entirely upon God.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":53345,"id":53345,"title":"jo5-gilgal","filename":"jo5-gilgal.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo5-gilgal.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/power-settlement-dedication\/jo5-gilgal\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jo5-gilgal","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":53342,"date":"2019-04-07 17:55:51","modified":"2019-04-07 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