Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
Joshua 5:2 - Revised Standard Version At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel again the 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. |
Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from God.
He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the people of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.