Paragraph 5:8–9

5:8a

And after all the nation had been circumcised: Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

When all the Israelite men had been circumcised
-or-
When they had finished circumcising all the men of Israel

all the nation: The phrase the nation refers to all the Israelite men. It does not refer to women.

5:8b

they stayed there in the camp: The clause they stayed there in the camp indicates that all the Israelite males stayed in the place where they had set up their camp and did not go anywhere.

5:8c

until they were healed: The clause until they were healed means until their wounds from the cutting of circumcision were healed and they were no longer sore.

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