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Joshua 5

¹ So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the people of Israel finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very scared. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the people of Israel.

² At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives from flint rocks and circumcise [17] the men of Israel.”

^3-7 So Joshua made knives from flint rocks. Then he circumcised [18] the people of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth. [19]

⁸ Joshua finished circumcising all the men. The people camped at that place until all the men were healed.

⁹ At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, “You were slaves in Egypt. And this made you ashamed. But today I have taken away that shame.” So Joshua named that place Gilgal. [22] And that place is still named Gilgal today.

¹⁰ The people of Israel celebrated Passover while they were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho. This was on the evening of the 14th day of the month.

¹¹ The day after Passover, the people ate food that grew in that land. They ate bread made without yeast and roasted grain.

¹² The next morning, the special food from heaven stopped coming. This happened the day after the people ate the food that grew in the land of Canaan. From that time on, the people of Israel did not get the special food from heaven.

¹³ When Joshua was near Jericho he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man had a sword in his hand. Joshua went to the man and asked, “Are you a friend to our people, or are you one of our enemies?”

¹⁴ The man answered, “I am not an enemy. I am the commander of the Lord’s army. I have just now come to you.”

¹⁵ The commander of the Lord’s army answered, “Take off your shoes. The place where you are standing now is holy.” So Joshua obeyed him.