在吉甲行割礼

在约旦河西岸一带的亚摩利众王和沿海一带的迦南众王,听说耶和华为了让以色列人过河而使约旦河成为干地,都吓得胆战心惊,勇气尽失。

那时,耶和华对约书亚说:“你用火石做成刀子,再次给以色列人行割礼。” 约书亚便用火石做成刀子,在割礼山给以色列人行了割礼。

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在吉甲行割禮

在約旦河西岸一帶的亞摩利眾王和沿海一帶的迦南眾王,聽說耶和華為了讓以色列人過河而使約旦河成為乾地,都嚇得膽戰心驚,勇氣盡失。

那時,耶和華對約書亞說:「你用火石做成刀子,再次給以色列人行割禮。」 約書亞便用火石做成刀子,在割禮山給以色列人行了割禮。

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Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast(A) heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[a] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear(B) and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives(C) and circumcise(D) the Israelites again.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:1 Another textual tradition we
  2. Joshua 5:3 Gibeath Haaraloth means the hill of foreskins.

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

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