約書亞便用火石做成刀子,在割禮山給以色列人行了割禮。 約書亞給他們舉行割禮,是因為所有從埃及出來、能夠作戰的男子都死在曠野的路上。 從埃及出來的男子都受過割禮,而後來在曠野出生的以色列人都沒有受過割禮。

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So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[a]

Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age(A)—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.(B) All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:3 Gibeath Haaraloth means the hill of foreskins.