Joshua 5:2

New English Translation

At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”

Cross References

Exodus 4:25

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Romans 2:29

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 4:11

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Colossians 2:11

In him you also were circumcised – not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

Joshua 5:3

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.