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


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which are beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which are by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel.

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

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

4 And this is the thing for which Joshua circumciseth them: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,

5 for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who are born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;

Joshua 5:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.

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 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.