KJV King James Version
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
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Joshua 5:2
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
WEB World English Bible
At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.”
ASV American Standard Version
At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, ‘Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;’
Surrounding context — 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בָּעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֗יאH1931 · huhe/she/itאָמַ֤רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaעֲשֵׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouחַֽרְב֣וֹתH2719 · che.revswordצֻרִ֑יםH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)וְשׁ֛וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnמֹ֥לH4135 · multo circumciseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelשֵׁנִֽית׃H8145 · she.nisecond
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.Exodus 4:25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.Genesis 17:10-14This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.Colossians 2:11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:Romans 2:29But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
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