Joshua 5:3

Good News Translation

So Joshua did as the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the Israelites at a place called Circumcision Hill.

Cross References

Exodus 4:25

Then Zipporah, his wife, took a sharp stone, cut off the foreskin of her son, and touched Moses' feet with it. Because of the rite of circumcision she said to Moses, “You are a husband of blood to me.” And so the Lord spared Moses' life.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

Joshua 5:2

Then the Lord told Joshua, “Make some knives out of flint and circumcise the Israelites.”

Joshua 5:4

When the people of Israel left Egypt, all the males were already circumcised. However, during the forty years the people spent crossing the desert, none of the baby boys had been circumcised. Also, by the end of that time all the men who were of fighting age when they left Egypt had died because they had disobeyed the Lord. Just as he had sworn, they were not allowed to see the rich and fertile land that he had promised their ancestors.