Joshua 5:3

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

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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

2It was then that the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once more.”

4Joshua circumcised them for this reason: all who had left Egypt, all the male warriors, had died during the journey through the desert after leaving Egypt.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, they must renounce self, and take up their cross, and follow me.

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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