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Joshua 5:2-5

2At that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559unto Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,Makeעֲשֵׂ֥ה'a.SehH6213thee sharpצֻרִ֑יםtzu.RimH6697knivesחַֽרְב֣וֹתchar.VotH2719,and circumciseמֹ֥לmolH4135againוְשׁ֛וּבve.ShuvH7725the childrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478the second timeשֵׁנִֽית׃she.NitH8145.

3And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091madeוַיַּעַשׂ־vai.ya.'as-H6213him sharpצֻרִ֑יםtzu.RimH6697knivesחַֽרְב֣וֹתchar.VotH2719,and circumcisedוַיָּ֙מָל֙vai.Ya.molH4135the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478at the hillגִּבְעַ֖תgiv.'AtH1389of the foreskinsהָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃ha.'a.ra.LotH6190.

4And this isthe causeהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697why Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091did circumciseמָ֣לmalH4135:All the peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971that came outהַיֹּצֵא֩hai.yo.Tze'H3318of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֨יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, that weremalesהַזְּכָרִ֜יםha.ze.kha.RimH2145, evenall the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֗הha.mil.cha.MahH4421,diedמֵ֤תוּMe.tuH4191in the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּר֙va.mid.BarH4057by the wayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,after they came outבְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.TamH3318of Egyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

5Nowכִּֽי־ki-H3588all the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971that came outהַיֹּֽצְאִ֑יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318were circumcisedמֻלִ֣יםmu.LimH4135:but all the peopleהָ֠עָםHa.'omH5971that werebornהַיִּלֹּדִ֨יםhai.yi.lo.DimH3209in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֥רba.mid.BarH4057by the wayבַּדֶּ֛רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870as they came forthבְּצֵאתָ֥םbe.tze.TamH3318out of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, themthey had not circumcisedמָֽלוּ׃Ma.luH4135.

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