Joshua 5:3 - New Revised Standard Version

So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath-haaraloth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

So Joshua made flint knives for himself. He circumcised the Israelites at Foreskins Hill.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Joshua 5:3 Cross References

Exodus 4:25

But Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, “Truly you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Joshua 5:2

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites a second time.”

Joshua 5:4

This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the warriors, had died during the journey through the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt.