Joshua 5:3

And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.'

4And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.

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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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