Joshua 5:3

Joshua 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
• New International Version (NIV)So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Context of Joshua 5:3

1All the Amorite kings west of the Jordan River and all the Canaanite kings along the Mediterranean Sea heard that the Lord had dried up the Jordan River so that the Israelites could cross. So they lost heart and had no courage left to face the people of Israel. 2At that time the Lord spoke to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise the men of Israel.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision. 4This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the soldiers had died on the way through the desert after they left Egypt. 5The men who left Egypt had been circumcised. However, the men born later, on the way through the desert, were not circumcised.

Joshua 5:3 word by word

וַיַּעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים וַיָּ֙מָל֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־גִּבְעַ֖ת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• him sharpצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• knivesחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and circumcisedמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• at the hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · Gibeath-(haaraloth)H1389
• of the foreskinsעׇרְלָה‛orlâh · (Gilgal)-haaralothH6190

Cross-references for Joshua 5:3

• Genesis 17:23So Abraham took his son Ishmael, everyone born in his household, and everyone bought with money—every male in his household—and circumcised them that day, as God had told him.
• Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Those who want to come with me must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow me.

Commentaries on Joshua 5:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The hill of the foreskins - i. e. the hill where the foreskins, the emblem of all worldly and carnal affections, were buried. (Compare Colossians 2:11-13; Colossians 3:1-6.)Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The name Gibeath-haaraloth means "hill of foreskins." This suggests the circumcision ceremony happened on a hill near Israel's camp at Gilgal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. at the hill--probably one of the argillaceous hills that form the highest terrace of the Jordan, on a rising ground at the palm forest.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 5:3

• Circumcision
• Gilgal
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Joshua
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Circumcision
• Gibeahhaaraloth
• Knife
• Loose
• Foreskin

Commentaries on Joshua 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings