Joshua 5:3 - Easy To Read Version

^3-7 So Joshua made knives from flint rocks. Then he circumcised [18] the people of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth. [19]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ So Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Common English Bible

³ So Joshua made flint knives for himself. He circumcised the Israelites at Foreskins Hill.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ 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 knife [37] and circumcised [38] her son. She took the skin and touched his feet. Then she said {to Moses}, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his followers, “If any person wants to follow me, he must say ‘No’ to the things he wants. That person must accept the cross (suffering) that is given to him, and he must follow me.

Joshua 5:2

At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives from flint rocks and circumcise [17] the men of Israel.”