Joshua 5:2-9
Lexham English Bible
2 At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make for yourself knives of flint, and circumcise the Israelites[a] a second time.” 3 So Joshua made knives of flint, and he circumcised the Israelites[b] at the hill of the foreskins.[c] 4 This is the reason why Joshua circumcised all the people: all the males who went out from Egypt, all the warriors, died in the wilderness as they went out from Egypt on the journey.[d] 5 For all the people who left were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness on the journey[e] after they left from Egypt were not circumcised. 6 For forty years the Israelites[f] traveled in the wilderness until all the nation, the warriors that left Egypt, perished, because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh. To them Yahweh swore that they would not see the land that he[g] swore to their ancestors[h] to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 And it was their children whom he raised in their place that Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the journey.[i]
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8 And it happened, when all the nation had finished circumcising, they remained where they were in the camp until they recovered. 9 And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” Therefore, the name of that place is called Gilgal[j] to this day.
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- Joshua 5:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Joshua 5:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Joshua 5:3 Hebrew “Gibeath-haaraloth”
- Joshua 5:4 Literally “on the road”
- Joshua 5:5 Literally “on the road”
- Joshua 5:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Joshua 5:6 Hebrew “Yahweh”
- Joshua 5:6 Or “fathers”
- Joshua 5:7 Literally “on the road”
- Joshua 5:9 Hebrew “rolling”
Joshua 5:2-9
International Standard Version
A New Generation is Circumcised
2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make for yourselves some flint knives and circumcise the Israelis who haven’t been circumcised yet.”[a]
3 So Joshua made some flint knives and circumcised the Israelis at Gibeath-haaraloth.[b] 4 Joshua circumcised them because all of the males among the people who came out of Egypt—that is, all the warriors—had died during their journey through the wilderness following their departure from Egypt. 5 Although everyone who had left Egypt had been circumcised, nevertheless all the people born during the journey after their departure from Egypt had not been circumcised. 6 The Israelis traveled 40 years in the wilderness until the entire nation—that is, the warriors who had departed from Egypt—had perished because they hadn’t listened to the voice of the Lord. The Lord had promised them that he would not let them see the land that he had sworn to give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. 7 As a result, it was their descendants, whom he raised up to take their place, that Joshua circumcised. They had remained uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised during their journey. 8 When the circumcision of the entire nation was complete, they remained in their places within the camp until they were healed.
9 Then the Lord told Joshua, “Today I have rolled the disgrace of Egypt away from you.” That’s why that place is called “Gilgal”[c] to this day.
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- Joshua 5:2 Lit. Israelis a second time
- Joshua 5:3 The Heb. name Gibeath-haaraloth means Foreskin Hill
- Joshua 5:9 The Heb. word Gilgal means to roll
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