Joshua 5:2

It was then that the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once more.”

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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 all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings by the Mediterranean heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of the Israelites until they had got across, their hearts trembled and they were all dispirited, on account of the Israelites.

3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at the Hill of Foreskins.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you must be circumcised.

Romans 2:29and the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a person wins praise from God, though not from people.

Colossians 2:11By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the 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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