Devine Scripture

Joshua 5:2

Joshua chapter 5 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

Context

v.1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

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v.3And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 30:6

    And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  • Romans 2:29

    but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  • Colossians 2:11

    in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

  • Deuteronomy 10:16

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  • Exodus 4:25

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

  • Genesis 17:10

    This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.