Joshua 5:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² At that time יהוה said to Yehoshua, “Make knives of flint for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Yisra’ĕl again the second time.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make yourself flint knives. Circumcise the Israelites for a second time.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² So at that time, the Lord said to Joshua: "Make for yourself knives of stone, and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time."

Joshua 5:2 Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6

“And יהוה your Elohim shall circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, to love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being, so that you might live,

Deuteronomy 10:16

And you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neck no more.

Exodus 4:25

And Tsipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at his feet, and said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me!”

Colossians 2:11

In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Messiah,

Romans 4:11

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the belief while in uncircumcision, for him to be a father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be reckoned to them also,

Romans 2:29

But a Yehuḏi is he who is so inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in Spirit, not literally, whose praise is not from men but from Elohim.

Joshua 5:3

So Yehoshua made knives of flint for himself, and circumcised the sons of Yisra’ĕl at the Hill of Foreskins.