Joshua 5:11

The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrative records the Israelites camped at Gilgal eating on the day following their Passover observance. It states a historical action rather than conveying a speech or command from Joshua.

The words — וַיֹּאכְלוּ (va.yo.khe.lu) translates literally as "and they ate." מִמָּחֳרַת (mi.ma.cho.rat) means "from the next day" or "on that very day after."

The thread — The eating of unleavened bread and roasted grain aligns with the festival instructions in Exodus 12:18 and Exodus 13:6. The timing of consuming the land's produce relates to the offering regulations described in Leviticus 23:14.

Why it lands — The text marks the chronological end of manna and the start of local harvest, requiring the reader to note the precise sequence of events. It demands attention to how religious observance directly precedes a shift in physical provision.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֨אכְל֜וּva/i.Yo.khe.Luand/ they ate מֵעֲב֥וּרme./'a.Vursome of/ [the] produce of הָאָ֛רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land מִמָּֽחֳרַ֥תmi./mo.cho.Ratfrom/ [the] next day of הַפֶּ֖סַחha./Pe.sachthe/ passover מַצּ֣וֹתma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>וְקָל֑וּיve./ka.Luiand/ roasted [grain]בְּעֶ֖צֶםbe./'E.tzemon/ [the] substance of הַיּ֥וֹםhai./Yomthe/ day הַזֶּֽה׃ha./Zeh<the>/ this

King James Version

And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:14 You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Exodus 12:18 In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
Exodus 13:6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
Leviticus 23:6 On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.