Joshua 5
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Joshua 5:2-9

2At that timeH6256 the LordH3068 saidH559 to JoshuaH3091, “MakeH6213 for yourself 1flintH6864 knivesH2719 and circumciseH4135 againH7725 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 the secondH8145 timeH8145.” 3So JoshuaH3091 madeH6213 himself flintH6864 knivesH2719 and circumcisedH4135 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 at 2Gibeath-haaralothH1389H6190. 4ThisH2088 is the reasonH1697 whyH834 JoshuaH3091 circumcisedH4135 them: 3allH3605 the peopleH5971 who cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714 who were malesH2145, allH3605 the menH376 of warH4421, diedH4191 in the wildernessH4057 along the wayH1870 after they cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714. 5For allH3605 the peopleH5971 who cameH3318 out were circumcisedH4135, but allH3605 the peopleH5971 who were bornH3209 in the wildernessH4057 along the wayH1870 as they cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714 had not been circumcisedH4135. 6For the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 walkedH1980 4fortyH705 yearsH8141 in the wildernessH4057, untilH5704 allH3605 the nationH1471, that is, the menH376 of warH4421 who cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714, 5perishedH8552 becauseH834 they did not listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068, 6to whomH834 the LordH3068 had swornH7650 that He would not let them seeH7200 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 had swornH7650 to their fathersH1 to giveH5414 us, a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706. 7Their childrenH1121 whom He raisedH6965 up in their placeH8478, JoshuaH3091 7circumcisedH4135; for they were uncircumcisedH6189, becauseH3588 they had not circumcisedH4135 them along the wayH1870.

8Now whenH3512 they had finishedH8552 circumcisingH4135 allH3605 the nationH1471, they remainedH3427 in their placesH8478 in the campH4264 untilH5704 they were 8healedH2421. 9Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to JoshuaH3091, “TodayH3117 I have rolledH1556 awayH1556 9the reproachH2781 of EgyptH4714 from you.” So the nameH8034 of that placeH4725 is calledH7121 10GilgalH1537 to thisH2088 dayH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 5:2 Ex 4:25 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 5:3 I.e. the hill of the foreskins ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 5:4 Deut 2:14 ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 5:6 Deut 2:7, 14 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 5:6 Lit were finished ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 5:6 Num 14:29-35; 26:63-65 ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 5:7 Lit circumcised them ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 5:8 Lit revived ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 5:9 Zeph 2:8 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 5:9 I.e. rolling ↩

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