Joshua 5:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ So Yehoshua made knives of flint for himself, and circumcised the sons of Yisra’ĕl at the Hill of 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

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!”

Matthew 16:24

Then יהושע said to His taught ones, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his stake, and follow Me.

Joshua 5:2

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

Joshua 5:4

And this is why Yehoshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Mitsrayim who were males, all the men of battle, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Mitsrayim.