Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 5:8

8 And it came to pass when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole r.

q Free from that pain and sore which Circumcision caused, Gen. 34. 25. It was indeed an act of great Faith, to expose themselves to so much pain and danger too, in this place where they were hemmed in by Iordan and their Enemies; but yet they had many considerations to support their Faith, and suppress their Fears; the fresh experience of Gods power and readiness to work Miracles for their preservation; the great consternation of all their Enemies, which they might observe and rationally presume; the considerable number of the people who were above 40 years old, and therefore circumcised before this time, their great General being one of this number; the time it would require for their Enemies to bring together a force sufficient to oppose them.

Marginal references: Heb. When all the people had made an end to be Circumcised.; Heb. lived.