3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.


In Context

1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

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

3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.

4 Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt-all the men of military age-died in the desert on the way after leaving Egypt.

5 All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the desert during the journey from Egypt had not.

Joshua 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him knives of lint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him stone-knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of Araloth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.