Joshua 5:3 - Revised Version 1885

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

More versions

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

Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Joshua 5:2

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

Joshua 5:4

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.