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Joshua 5:2-5

2At thatהַהִ֗יאha.Hi'H1931timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559toאֶל־'el-H413Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, “Makeעֲשֵׂ֥ה'a.SehH6213flintצֻרִ֑יםtzu.RimH6697knivesחַֽרְב֣וֹתchar.VotH2719and circumciseמֹ֥לmolH4135אֶת־'et-H853the sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478once againוְשׁ֛וּב שֵׁנִֽית׃ve.Shuv she.NitH7725 H8145.”

3So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091madeוַיַּעַשׂ־vai.ya.'as-H6213flintצֻרִ֑יםtzu.RimH6697knivesחַֽרְב֣וֹתchar.VotH2719and circumcisedוַיָּ֙מָל֙vai.Ya.molH4135אֶת־'et-H853the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478atאֶל־'el-H413Gibeath-haaralothגִּבְעַ֖ת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃giv.'At ha.'a.ra.LotH1389 H6190.

4Now thisוְזֶ֥הve.ZehH2088is whyהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091circumcised themמָ֣לmalH4135:Allכָּל־kol-H3605thoseהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971who came outהַיֹּצֵא֩hai.yo.Tze'H3318of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֨יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714הַזְּכָרִ֜יםha.ze.kha.RimH2145—allכֹּ֣ל׀kolH3605the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֗הha.mil.cha.MahH4421—had diedמֵ֤תוּMe.tuH4191on the journeyבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870in the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּר֙va.mid.BarH4057after they had leftבְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.TamH3318Egyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

5Thoughכִּֽי־ki-H3588allכָּל־ הָעָ֖םkol- ha.'AmH3605 H5971who had come outהַיֹּֽצְאִ֑יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318wereהָי֔וּha.YuH1961circumcisedמֻלִ֣יםmu.LimH4135,noneוְכָל־ לֹא־ve.khol lo'-H3605 H3808of thoseהָ֠עָםHa.'omH5971bornהַיִּלֹּדִ֨יםhai.yi.lo.DimH3209in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֥רba.mid.BarH4057on the journeyבַּדֶּ֛רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870from Egyptבְּצֵאתָ֥ם מִמִּצְרַ֖יִםbe.tze.Tam mi.mitz.Ra.yimH3318 H4714had been circumcisedמָֽלוּ׃Ma.luH4135.

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