Joshua 5
The Circumcision and
Passover at Gilgal |
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And it came to pass, when all the kings
of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward,
and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea,
heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of
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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At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
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And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the
foreskins.
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And this is the cause why Joshua
did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that
were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
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Now all the people that came out were
circumcised; but all the people that were born in the
wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
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For the children of Israel walked forty
years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of
war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not
the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not show them the land, which
the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would
give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Num. 14.28-35
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And their children, whom he raised
up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the
way.
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And it came to pass, when they had done
circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the
camp, till they were whole.
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And the LORD said
unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from
off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal 1 unto
this day.
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And the children of Israel encamped in
Gilgal, and kept the passover Ex. 12.1-13 on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of
Jericho.
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And they did eat of the old corn of the
land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
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And the manna ceased Ex. 16.35 on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the
land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they
did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
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Joshua and the Man with
a Drawn Sword |
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And it came to pass, when Joshua was by
Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there
stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and
Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or
for our adversaries?
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And he said, Nay; but as captain
of the host of the LORD am I now come. And
Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto
him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
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And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off
thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And
Joshua did so.
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