Overview
Joshua 5:1, The Canaanites are afraid; Joshua 5:2, Joshua renews circumcision; Joshua 5:10, The passover is kept at Gilgal Joshua 5:12, They eat the corn of the land and the manna ceases; Joshua 5:13, An angel appears to Joshua.

sharp knives: or, knives of flints, Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are frequently turned up by the plough. And even when iron became more common, stone knives seem to have been preferred for making incisions in the human body. The Egyptians used such to open the bodies for embalming; and the tribe of Alnajab in Ethiopia, who follow the Mosaic institution, perform the rite of circumcision, according to Ludolf, cultris lapidibus, with knives made of stone.
circumcise: Genesis 17:10-14, Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 30:6, Romans 2:29, Romans 4:11, Colossians 2:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:14 - cut Genesis 17:23 - circumcised Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Exodus 4:25 - a sharp stone Hosea 9:15 - is in

Joshua: Genesis 17:23-27, Matthew 16:24
the hill of the foreskins: or, Gibeah haaraloth
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:11 - the flesh Exodus 4:25 - a sharp stone 1 Samuel 18:25 - foreskins

when they: etc. Heb. when the people had made an end to be circumcised
till they were whole: Genesis 34:25

kept the passover: Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 12:6, Ezekiel 12:7-16, Numbers 9:1-5
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:21 - and take Exodus 12:25 - when Exodus 23:15 - the feast Leviticus 23:5 - General Numbers 9:2 - his appointed Numbers 9:5 - they kept Joshua 2:1 - even Jericho Joshua 3:15 - all the time Joshua 4:13 - to the plains Joshua 9:6 - the camp Joshua 10:6 - to the camp Joshua 12:23 - Gilgal Joshua 15:7 - Gilgal Ezra 6:19 - kept Jeremiah 39:5 - in the plains Micah 6:5 - Shittim

old corn: The people would find abundance of old corn in the deserted granaries of the affrighted inhabitants, and the barley harvest being ripe, after offering the sheaf of first-fruits, they ate also new parched corn; and thus the manna being no longer necessary, ceased, after having been sent them regularly for almost forty years. To Christians the manna for their souls shall never fail, till they arrive at the Canaan above, to feast on its rich and inexhaustible provisions.
unleavened cakes: Exodus 12:18-20, Exodus 13:6, Exodus 13:7, Leviticus 23:6, Leviticus 23:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:15 - the feast Leviticus 25:22 - old fruit Leviticus 26:10 - General Numbers 15:19 - General Psalms 105:44 - inherited

Loose: Exodus 3:5, Acts 7:32, Acts 7:33, 2 Peter 1:18
And Joshua: Many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this extraordinary appearance of the angel to Joshua, because they supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter; whereas it is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is a mere parenthesis, simply relating to the state of Jericho at the time when Joshua was favoured with this encouraging vision; by which he was shewn that their help came from God alone, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts they were to obtain the victory.
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:16 - and I 1 Samuel 5:5 - tread 1 Samuel 10:1 - captain 2 Kings 20:5 - the captain Ecclesiastes 5:1 - thy foot Isaiah 20:2 - put Daniel 8:11 - the prince Hebrews 2:10 - the captain