Bible, King James Version
Joshua
Josh.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.
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