But Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin, touched his feet with it, and said, “Truly you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
Joshua 5:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites a second time.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make knives of flint and circumcise the [new generation of] Israelites as before. American Standard Version (1901) At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. Common English Bible At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make yourself flint knives. Circumcise the Israelites for a second time.” Catholic Public Domain Version So at that time, the Lord said to Joshua: "Make for yourself knives of stone, and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel. |
But Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin, touched his feet with it, and said, “Truly you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,
Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.
“Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.
In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by the removal of the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath-haaraloth.