Joshua 5:11
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. 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.
The Passover of this verse was kept at Gilgal, Israel's first encampment in the promised land on the plains of Jericho, on the fourteenth day at evening. It was the first Passover in Canaan and the first kept since the sin at Kadesh and the desert wandering. It came after the miraculous crossing of the Jordan and the renewal of circumcision as recognition of the covenant, and before the appearance of the Captain of the Lord's host, the fall of Jericho, the prohibition of the accursed thing, and the possession of Jericho. On the morrow after that Passover, in the selfsame day, Israel ate of the old corn of the land, unleavened cakes and parched corn. That eating was the first eating of the produce and harvest of Canaan.
The Passover memorializes deliverance from Egypt but had been discontinued in the wilderness as evidence of divine displeasure at Israel's desire to return to bondage. Circumcision likewise had been suspended since the rebellion at Kadesh as witness that the covenant it symbolized had been broken. Eating of the land after the Passover shows that the years of rejection were ended, that God again acknowledged Israel as His people, and that He restored the sign of the covenant. The encampment was called Gilgal, meaning a rolling away, because God had rolled away the reproach of Egypt. The heathen nations who had reproached the Lord and mocked that He could not bring Israel into Canaan after their long wandering could no longer reproach them, especially after He had opened the Jordan before them.
This first eating marked the end of the long years of desert wandering with Israel's feet at last treading the promised land. It marked the transition from receiving manna in the wilderness to eating the land's harvest as they prepared to possess Canaan. It was followed by the ceasing of the manna. The history just before the taking of Jericho is a record of experiences to be rehearsed as instruction in carrying out God's principles.
The Captain of the Lord's host gave Israel victory at Jericho by tearing down its walls. God still works in the same way by angelic hands to silence every lying tongue and overthrow deceptive schemes so the bulwarks of Satan never triumph. Victory attends the third angel's message, and as the walls of Jericho fell, God's commandment-keeping people will triumph and every opposing element will be defeated.