Joshua 5:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Exodus 4:25

[Now apparently he had failed to circumcise one of his sons, his wife being opposed to it; but seeing his life in such danger] Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it to touch [Moses'] feet, and said, Surely a husband of blood you are to me!

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].

Joshua 5:2

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make knives of flint and circumcise the [new generation of] Israelites as before.

Joshua 5:4

And this is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they came out of Egypt.