Joshua 5
1 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. 2 At that
time the
LORD said unto
Joshua, Make thee
sharp knives, and
circumcise again the
children of
Israel the second
time. 3 And
Joshua made him
sharp knives, and
circumcised the
children of
Israel at the
hill of the
foreskins. 4 And this is the
cause why
Joshua did
circumcise: All the
people that came
out of
Egypt, that were
males, even all the
men of
war, died in the
wilderness by the
way, after they came
out of
Egypt. 5 Now all the
people that came
out were
circumcised: but all the
people that were
born in the
wilderness by the
way as they came
forth out of
Egypt, them they had not
circumcised.
6 For the
children of
Israel walked forty years in the
wilderness, till all the
people that were
men of
war, which came
out of
Egypt, were
consumed, because they
obeyed not the
voice of the
LORD: unto whom the
LORD sware that he would not
shew them the
land, which the
LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would
give us, a
land that
floweth with
milk and
honey. 7 And their
children, whom he raised
up in their stead, them
Joshua circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not
circumcised them by the
way. 8 And it came to pass, when they had
done circumcising all the
people, that they
abode in their places in the
camp, till they were
whole.
9 And the
LORD said unto
Joshua, This
day have I rolled
away the
reproach of
Egypt from off you. Wherefore the
name of the
place is
called Gilgal unto this
day. 10 And the
children of
Israel encamped in
Gilgal, and
kept the
passover on the
fourteenth day of the
month at
even in the
plains of
Jericho. 11 And they did
eat of the old
corn of the
land on the
morrow after the
passover, unleavened
cakes, and
parched corn in the
selfsame day. 12 And the
manna ceased on the
morrow after they had
eaten of the old
corn of the
land; neither had the
children of
Israel manna any more; but they did
eat of the
fruit of the
land of
Canaan that
year. 13 And it came to pass, when
Joshua was by
Jericho, that he lifted
up his
eyes and
looked, and, behold, there
stood a
man over against him with his
sword drawn in his
hand: and
Joshua went unto him, and
said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our
adversaries? 14 And he
said, Nay; but as
captain of the
host of the
LORD am I now
come. And
Joshua fell on his
face to the
earth, and did
worship, and
said unto him, What
saith my
lord unto his
servant? 15 And the
captain of the
LORD'S host said unto
Joshua, Loose thy
shoe from off thy
foot; for the
place whereon thou
standest is
holy. And
Joshua did so.