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The Israelites, led by Moses, did not practice [[circumcision]] while they trekked in the wilderness for forty years.<ref>Joshua 5:5 KJV (1611)</ref> All of the circumcised warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>Joshua 5:4 KJV (1611)</ref>

After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan, so he needed warriors. Demause (1996) reports that childhood trauma (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal

After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan, so he needed warriors. Demause (1996) reports that [[Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma| childhood trauma]] (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref> Joshua must have known ~~this~~ because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be circumcised in a mass circumcision at Gilgal in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref>

}}</ref> Joshua must have known of the traumatic effects of child circumcision, because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be circumcised in a mass circumcision at Gilgal in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref>

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 The Israelites, led by Moses, did not practice [[circumcision]] while they trekked in the wilderness for forty years.<ref>Joshua 5:5 KJV (1611)</ref> All of the circumcised warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>Joshua 5:4 KJV (1611)</ref>
-After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan, so he needed warriors. Demause (1996) reports that childhood trauma (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal
+After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan, so he needed warriors. Demause (1996) reports that [[Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma| childhood trauma]] (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal
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-}}</ref> Joshua must have known this because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be circumcised in a mass circumcision at Gilgal in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref>
+}}</ref> Joshua must have known of the traumatic effects of child circumcision, because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be circumcised in a mass circumcision at Gilgal in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref>Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)</ref>
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