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The Israelites, led by Moses, who apparently was ''not'' circumcised and apparently seems to have placed little importance on the practice, 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>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A4&version=KJV
|title=Joshua 5:4
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|accessdate=2020-02-27
}}</ref> Joshua must have known of the [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| 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>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A3&version=KJV
|title=Joshua 5:3
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