5
1 When
all the kings
of the Amorites,
who were beyond
the Jordan
westward, and all
the kings of
the Canaanites,
who were by
the sea, heard
how the LORD
had dried up
the waters of
the Jordan from
before the
children of Israel
until we had
crossed over,
their heart melted,
and there was
no more spirit
in them, because
of the children
of Israel.
2 At
that time, the
LORD said to
Joshua, “Make
flint knives, and
circumcise again
the sons of
Israel the second
time.”
3 Joshua
made himself flint
knives, and
circumcised the
sons of Israel
at the hill
of the foreskins.
4 This
is the reason
Joshua circumcised
them: all the
people who came
out of Egypt,
who were males,
even all the
men of war,
died in the
wilderness along the
way, after they
came out of
Egypt.
5 For
all the people
who came out
were circumcised;
but all the
people who were
born in the
wilderness along
the way as
they came out
of Egypt had
not been
circumcised.
6 For
the children of
Israel walked forty
years in the
wilderness until
all the nation,
even the men
of war who
came out of
Egypt, were
consumed, because
they didn’t listen
to the LORD’s
voice. The LORD
swore to them
that he wouldn’t
let them see
the land which the
LORD swore to
their fathers that
he would give
us, a land flowing
with milk and
honey.
7 Their
children, whom he
raised up in
their place, were
circumcised by
Joshua, for they
were uncircumcised,
because they had
not circumcised
them on the
way.
8 When
they were done
circumcising the
whole nation, they
stayed in their
places in the
camp until they
were healed.
9 The
LORD said to
Joshua, “Today I
have rolled away
the reproach of
Egypt from you.”
Therefore the name
of that place
was called Gilgal
to this day.
10 The
children of Israel
encamped in Gilgal.
They kept the
Passover on the
fourteenth day of
the month at
evening in the
plains of Jericho.
11 They ate
unleavened cakes
and parched grain
of the produce
of the land on
the next day
after the Passover,
in the same
day.
12 The
manna ceased on
the next day,
after they
had eaten of the
produce of
the land. The
children of
Israel didn’t have
manna any more,
but they ate of
the fruit of
the land of Canaan
that year.
13 When
Joshua was by
Jericho, he lifted
up his eyes
and looked, and
behold, a man
stood in front
of him with
his sword drawn
in his hand.
Joshua went to
him and said to
him, “Are you
for us, or
for our enemies?”
14 He
said, “No; but
I have come
now as commander
of the LORD’s
army.”
Joshua fell on
his face to
the earth, and
worshiped, and
asked him, “What
does my lord
say to his
servant?”
15 The
prince of the
LORD’s army said
to Joshua, “Take
off your sandals,
for the place
on which you
stand is holy.”
Joshua did so.