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.
11. And they did eat of the old corn, etc Whether they then began first to eat wheaten bread is not very clear. For they had dwelt in a country that was not uncultivated, and was tolerably fertile. At least in the territories of the two kings there was enough of corn to supply the inhabitants.
Joshua began his military campaign with acts of devotion, not despite them. Soldiers fancy themselves too pressed for religious exercise, yet what ends well must start with God. The Passover revived their memory of those wonders by which the Lord brought them out of Egypt, finishing mercies by recalling their beginning.
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Commenting on Joshua 5:10-12
And they did eat the old corn of the land,.... That of the last year, as some versions (g), which agree with ours; in which they seem to follow the Jewish writers, who, as particularly Kimchi, Gersom, and Ben Melech, interpret it of the old corn, for this reason, because they might not eat of the new until the wave sheaf was offered up, Lev...