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Joshua 5:2-9

2At that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.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.

6For the childrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֮Yis.ra.'ElH3478walkedהָלְכ֣וּha.le.KhuH1980fortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּר֒ba.mid.BarH4057,till all the peopleהַגּ֜וֹיha.GoyH1471that weremenאַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָה֙ha.mil.cha.MahH4421,which came outהַיֹּצְאִ֣יםhai.yo.tze.'ImH3318of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,were consumedתֹּ֨םtomH8552,because they obeyedשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085not the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:unto whom Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068swareנִשְׁבַּ֤עnish.Ba'H7650that he would not shewהַרְאוֹתָ֣םhar.'o.TamH7200them the landהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776,which Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068swareנִשְׁבַּ֨עnish.Ba'H7650unto their fathersלַֽאֲבוֹתָם֙la.'a.vo.TamH1that he would giveלָ֣תֶתLa.tetH5414us, a landאֶ֛רֶץ'E.retzH776that flowethזָבַ֥תza.VatH2100with milkחָלָ֖בcha.LavH2461and honeyוּדְבָֽשׁ׃u.de.VashH1706.

7And their childrenבְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.HemH1121, whomhe raised upהֵקִ֣יםhe.KimH6965in their stead, them Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091circumcisedמָ֣לmalH4135:for they were uncircumcisedעֲרֵלִ֣ים'a.re.LimH6189,because they had not circumcisedמָ֥לוּMa.luH4135them by the wayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870.

8And it came to pass, when they had doneתַּ֥מּוּTa.muH8552circumcisingלְהִמּ֑וֹלle.hi.MolH4135all the peopleהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471,that they abodeוַיֵּשְׁב֥וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in their places in the campבַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הba.ma.cha.NehH4264,till they were wholeחֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פcha.yo.TamH2421.

9And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,This dayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117have I rolled awayגַּלּ֛וֹתִיga.Lo.tiH1556the reproachחֶרְפַּ֥תcher.PatH2781of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714from off you. Wherefore the nameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034of the placeהַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.KomH4725is calledוַיִּקְרָ֞אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Gilgalגִּלְגָּ֔לgil.GalH1537unto this dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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