2At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel.


In Context

1 Now when all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwelt beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of Chanaan, who possessed the places near the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel, till they passed over, their heart failed them, and there remained no spirit in them, fearing the coming in of the children of Israel.

2 At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel.

3 He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.

4 Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way.

Joshua 5:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make thee stone-knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, |Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, 'Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.