But Zipporah circumcised her son with a flint knife. She touched his legs with the skin she had cut off and said, “My dear son, this blood will protect you.”
Joshua 5:3 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Joshua made the knives, then circumcised those men and boys at Haaraloth Hill. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. Common English Bible So Joshua made flint knives for himself. He circumcised the Israelites at Foreskins Hill. Catholic Public Domain Version He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He did what the Lord had commanded: and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins. |
But Zipporah circumcised her son with a flint knife. She touched his legs with the skin she had cut off and said, “My dear son, this blood will protect you.”
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.
While Israel was camped at Gilgal, the Lord said, “Joshua, make some flint knives and circumcise the rest of the Israelite men and boys.”
This had to be done, because none of Israel's baby boys had been circumcised during the 40 years that Israel had wandered through the desert after leaving Egypt. And why had they wandered for 40 years? It was because right after they left Egypt, the men in the army had disobeyed the Lord. And the Lord had said, “None of you men will ever live to see the land that I promised Israel. It is a land rich with milk and honey, and someday your children will live there, but not before you die here in the desert.”