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target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, <i>that is,</i> the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, to whom the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said to Joshua, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched <i>grain.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us or for our adversaries? <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>He said, No; rather I indeed come now <i>as</i> captain of the host of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, What has my lord to say to his servant? <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>The captain of the L<font size="1">ORDS</font> host said to Joshua, Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/joshua/5.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make thee stone-knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, 'Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_captain_of_the_lords.htm">The Captain of the Lord's Host</a><br></span><span class="snippet">And he said, Nay, but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. JOSHUA v. 14. The army of Israel was just beginning a hard conflict under an untried leader. Behind them the Jordan barred their retreat, in front of them Jericho forbade their advance. Most of them had never seen a fortified city, and had no experience nor engines for a siege. So we may well suppose that many doubts and fears shook the courage of the host, as it drew around the doomed city. Their chief had his own heavy burden. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_captain_of_the_lords.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_rite_of_circumcision.htm">Whether the Rite of Circumcision was Fitting?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It seems that the rite of circumcision was unfitting. For circumcision, as stated above ([4474]AA[1],2), was a profession of faith. But faith is in the apprehensive power, whose operations appear mostly in the head. Therefore the sign of circumcision should have been conferred on the head rather than on the virile member. Objection 2: Further, in the sacraments we make use of such things as are in more frequent use; for instance, water, which is used for washing, and bread, which we <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_rite_of_circumcision.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_circumcision_bestowed_sanctifying_grace.htm">Whether Circumcision Bestowed Sanctifying Grace?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It seems that circumcision did not bestow sanctifying grace. For the Apostle says (Gal. 2:21): "If justice be by the Law, then Christ died in vain," i.e. without cause. But circumcision was an obligation imposed by the Law, according to Gal. 5:3: "I testify . . . to every man circumcising himself, that ne is a debtor to do the whole law." Therefore, if justice be by circumcision, "Christ died in vain," i.e. without cause. But this cannot be allowed. Therefore circumcision did not confer <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_circumcision_bestowed_sanctifying_grace.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/stones_crying_out.htm">Stones Crying Out</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11. And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12. And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/stones_crying_out.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_ten_the_torments_of.htm">The Torments of Giant Bad Feelings</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE TORMENTS OF GIANT BAD FEELINGS I am just a bundle of feelings. I never imagined one could have such a variety of them as I am now experiencing. Most of them are bad ones and I am greatly disturbed by them. Really, I doubt whether I am sanctified, on account of the feelings I have. Do sanctified people always feel joyful? I have heard that they do, and if it is true that they do, then I am not sanctified. Big doubts take up company with me every morning, and so long as I feel as I do I do not <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_ten_the_torments_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Robert Lee Berry—</span><span class="citation2">Adventures in the Land of Canaan</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_88_gilgal_in_deuteronomy.htm">Gilgal, in Deuteronomy 11:30 what the Place Was. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">That which is said by Moses, that "Gerizim and Ebal were over-against Gilgal," Deuteronomy 11:30, is so obscure, that it is rendered into contrary significations by interpreters. Some take it in that sense, as if it were near to Gilgal: some far off from Gilgal: the Targumists read, "before Gilgal": while, as I think, they do not touch the difficulty; which lies not so much in the signification of the word Mul, as in the ambiguity of the word Gilgal. These do all seem to understand that Gilgal which <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_88_gilgal_in_deuteronomy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/i_of_preparation.htm">Of Preparation. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">That a Christian ought necessarily to prepare himself before he presume to be a partaker of the holy communion, may evidently appear by five reasons:-- First, Because it is God's commandment; for if he commanded, under the pain of death, that none uncircumcised should eat the paschal lamb (Exod. xii. 48), nor any circumcised under four days preparation, how much greater preparation does he require of him that comes to receive the sacrament of his body and blood? which, as it succeeds, so doth it <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/i_of_preparation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/peaceable_principles_and_true_or.htm">Peaceable Principles and True: Or, a Brief Answer to Mr. D'Anver's and Mr. Paul's Books against My Confession of Faith, and Differences in Judgment About Baptism no Bar to Communion. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">WHEREIN THEIR SCRIPTURELESS NOTIONS ARE OVERTHROWN, AND MY PEACEABLE PRINCIPLES STILL MAINTAINED. 'Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?'--Psalm 58:1 SIR, I have received and considered your short reply to my differences in judgment about water baptism no bar to communion; and observe, that you touch not the argument at all: but rather labour what you can, and beyond what you ought, to throw odiums upon your brother for reproving you for your error, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/peaceable_principles_and_true_or.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till_he_come/fragrant_spices_from_the_mountains.htm">Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh. "Thou Art all Fair, My Love; There is no Spot in Thee. " --Song of Solomon iv. 7. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">FRAGRANT SPICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MYRRH. HOW marvellous are these words! "Thou art all fair, My love; there is no spot in thee." The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of admiration. When the bride extols her Lord there is no wonder, for He deserves it well, and in Him there is room for praise without possibility of flattery. But does He who is wiser than Solomon condescend to praise this sunburnt Shulamite? Tis even so, for these are His own words, and were <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till_he_come/fragrant_spices_from_the_mountains.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Hadden Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Till He Come</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/joshua.htm">Joshua</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/joshua.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joshua/5-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joshua 5:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joshua 5:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joshua/5-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joshua 5:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joshua 5:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/joshua/5-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>