Joshua 5:1-6

1NowH1961 when allH3605 the AmoriteH567 kingsH4428 west ofH5676H3220 the JordanH3383 and allH3605 the CanaaniteH3669 kingsH4428 alongH5921 the coastH32201 heardH8085 howH834 the LORDH3068 had dried upH3001 the watersH4325 of the JordanH3383 beforeH6440 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 untilH5704 they had crossed overH5674,2 their heartsH3824 meltedH4549 and their spiritsH7307 failedH3808H1961 for fear ofH6440 the IsraelitesH1121H3478.

2At thatH1931 timeH6256 the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 JoshuaH3091, “MakeH6213 flintH6697 knivesH2719 and circumciseH4135 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 once againH7725H8145.3” 3So JoshuaH3091 madeH6213 flintH6697 knivesH2719 and circumcisedH4135 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 atH413 Gibeath-haaralothH1389H6190.4

4Now thisH2088 is whyH1697 JoshuaH3091 circumcised themH4135: AllH3605 thoseH5971 who came outH3318 of EgyptH4714—allH3605 the menH582 of warH4421—had diedH4191 on the journeyH1870 in the wildernessH4057 after they had leftH3318 EgyptH4714. 5ThoughH3588 allH3605H5971 who had come outH3318 wereH1961 circumcisedH4135, noneH3605H3808 of thoseH5971 bornH3209 in the wildernessH4057 on the journeyH1870 from EgyptH3318H4714 had been circumcisedH4135.

6ForH3588 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 had wanderedH1980 in the wildernessH4057 fortyH705 yearsH8141, untilH5704 allH3605 the nation’sH1471 menH582 of warH4421 who had come outH3318 of EgyptH4714 had diedH8552, sinceH834 they did notH3808 obeyH8085H6963 the LORDH3068. SoH834 the LORDH3068 vowedH7650 neverH1115 to let them seeH7200 the landH776 HeH3068 had swornH7650 to their fathersH1 to giveH5414 us, a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706.