Joshua 5
1 And it came to pass when the kings
of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phœnicia by the
sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children
of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and
aGr. their minds or thoughts melted.they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them
bGr. from the face of.because of the children of Israel.
2 And about this time the Lord said to
Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the
children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made sharp knives of
stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of
Foreskins.” 4 And
this is the way in which Joshua purified the children
of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised
of them that came out of Egypt, 5 all
these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wandered in the
wilderness of Mabdaris— 6 Wherefore
most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were
uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he
determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord sware to give to
their fathers, even a land flowing with milk and
honey. 7 And in their place he raised
up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised,
having been born by the way. 8 And
when they had been circumcised they rested
cGr. sitting. A frequent Hebraism.continuing there in the camp till they were healed.
9 And the Lord said to Joshua the son
of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he
called the name of that place Galgala.
10 And the children of Israel kept
the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of
Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.
11 And they ate of the grain of the
earth unleavened and new corn.
12 In this day the manna failed,
after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no
longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phœnicians in
that year.
13 And it came to pass when Joshua
was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before
him, and there was a drawn sword in his hand; and
Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our
enemies? 14 And he said to him, I am
now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord. And Joshua fell on his
face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what commandest thou thy servant?
15 And the captain of the Lord's host
said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe off thy feet, for the place whereon thou now
standest is holy.