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So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> to this day. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Commander of the LORD’s Army<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” <p class="reg"> Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” <p class="reg"> And Joshua did so.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, along the Mediterranean coast; literally <i>along the sea</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>until we had crossed over</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>again the second time</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Gibeath-haaraloth</i> means <i>the hill of the foreskins</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>Gilgal</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>roll</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>and paid homage</i> or <i>and worshiped</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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