Joshua 5:2-4

New International Reader's Version

Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal

² At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives out of flint. Use them to circumcise the men of Israel.” ³ So Joshua made knives out of flint. Then he used them to circumcise the men of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth.

⁴ Here is why Joshua circumcised them. All the men who came out of Egypt had died. They died while they were wandering through the Sinai Desert. They were the men old enough to serve in the army.