Welcome to Part 2 of this week's podcast.

I just want to say a few words about chapter 5.

They've crossed the Jordan, and it's at that point that we all sort of cringed

because everybody has to go through circumcision,

at least all the males, to be participants of the Abrahamic Covenant.

This is the outward physical sign that you are a member of that covenant

in verse 12 of Joshua 5.

They've observed Passover and we get this.

And the manna ceased on the maro after they had eaten of the old corn of the land,

neither had the children of Israel, mana anymore,

but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

This is the close to the wilderness wanderings.

After they observe Passover the next day, there's no mana,

because now they're in Canaan, and they're able to subsist off of what is growing in Canaan.

And we get this interesting encounter.

Joshua 5, starting in verse 13, we have Joshua.

He's going out by himself to kind of check out Jericho, see what's going on.

It came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho.

He lifted up his eyes and looked and behold.

There stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand.

And Joshua went on to him and said unto him,

art thou for us or for our adversaries.

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