Joshua 5:2

God's Word

At that time the Lord spoke to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise the men of Israel.”

Cross References

Exodus 4:25

Then Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched Moses’ feet ⌞with it⌟. She said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

Romans 2:29

Rather, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is something that happens in a person’s heart. Circumcision is spiritual, not just a written rule. That person’s praise will come from God, not from people.

Romans 4:11

Abraham’s faith was the basis of his approval by God while he was still uncircumcised. The mark of circumcision is the seal of that approval. Therefore, he is the father of every believer who is not circumcised, and their faith, too, is regarded as the basis of their approval by God.

Deuteronomy 10:16

So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will live.

Colossians 2:11

In him you were also circumcised. It was not a circumcision performed by human hands. But it was a removal of the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ.

Joshua 5:3

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.