Joshua 5:2-4

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The Israelites Are Circumcised

² At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives from flint stones and circumcise [Gen. 17:7–14] the ·Israelites [^Lsons of Israel a second time].” ³ So Joshua made knives from flint stones and circumcised the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] at ·Gibeath Haaraloth [^CHebrew for “Hill of Foreskins”].

⁴ This is why Joshua circumcised the men: After the Israelites left Egypt, all the men old enough to serve in the army died in the desert on the ·way [journey] ·out of [or after leaving] Egypt.