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God wanted to kill Moses for not circumcising his son in Exodus 4:
Moses knew the statute and should have followed it already. God told Abraham in Genesis 17:
It wasn't their fault. It was their fathers' fault and they died already.
See also Why were the Israelites not circumcised in the wilderness?.
Why didn't God just order Moses to circumcise his son?
Moses knew the statute and should have followed it already. God told Abraham in Genesis 17:
Now, on the other hand, Joshua 5:
How to explain the difference in God's reactions to non-circumcision in this case?
It wasn't their fault. It was their fathers' fault and they died already.
See also Why were the Israelites not circumcised in the wilderness?.