Joshua 5:3

וַיַּעַשׂ ־ לוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ חַֽרְבוֹת צֻרִים וַיָּמָל אֶת ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עֲשֵׂה לְךָ חַֽרְבוֹת צֻרִים וְשׁוּב מֹל אֶת ־ בְּנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁנִֽית ׃

4וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ־ מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כָּל ־ הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם הַזְּכָרִים כֹּל ׀ אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מֵתוּ בַמִּדְבָּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם ׃

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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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