כִּֽי־מֻלִ֣ים הָי֔וּ כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הַיֹּֽצְאִ֑ים וְכָל־הָ֠עָם הַיִּלֹּדִ֨ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ בְּצֵאתָ֥ם מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם לֹא־מָֽלוּ׃
Toute cette population affranchie avait subi la circoncision; mais tous ceux qui naquirent dans le désert, pendant la traversée, après la sortie d’Égypte, on ne les avait point circoncis.
Rashi
Were not circumcised. As I have previously explained, the north wind had not blown.6See Rashi to verse 2. It was these who were now to be circumcised.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“All the people were circumcised” [5:5]. The verse tells us that the Israelites did circumcise themselves in Egypt, but they all died out because they commit- ted sins and Joshua circumcised their children. As they were all circumcised, they stayed in one place until they were all healed from the circumcision.