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Joshua 5:2

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

American Standard Version

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

1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the 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.

3And Joshua made him knives of lint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.

Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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

Colossians 2:11in whom ye were also circumcised with 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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