Joshua 5:1-2

New Living Translation

5 When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast^[a] heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.

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² At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise this second generation of Israelites.^[b]”