Joshua 5:2-4

New Century Version

The Israelites Are Circumcised

² At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives from flint stones and circumcise the Israelites.” ³ So Joshua made knives from flint stones and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.

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 out of Egypt.