Konteks 5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.1
Yosua 9:2
Konteks 9:2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.2
[5:4]1tnHeb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”
[9:2]2tnHeb “they gathered together to fight against Joshua and Israel [with] one mouth.”