Joshua 5:2

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

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In The King James Version

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

In Context

1Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

3So Joshua made stone knives and gave the children of Israel circumcision at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:10And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

Deuteronomy 10:16Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

Romans 2:29But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Colossians 2:11In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 5:2-10

The Circumcision of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again… Read the whole commentary →

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