Joshua 5:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 17:23-27 : 23 ¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 5:1-2
    2 verses
    91%

    1¶ 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.

    2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

  • Josh 5:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4And 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.

    5Now 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.

  • Josh 5:7-10
    4 verses
    82%

    7And 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.

    8And 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.

    9And 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 unto this day.

    10¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 9:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

    27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

  • Exod 17:13
    70%

    13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

  • Deut 10:16
    69%

    16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  • Gen 17:11
    69%

    11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

  • Josh 11:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

    10¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

  • Lev 12:3
    69%

    3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Exod 4:25
    69%

    25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.

  • Josh 5:13
    68%

    13¶ 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?

  • Jer 4:4
    68%

    4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

    24And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Jer 9:26
    68%

    26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.

  • Josh 11:12
    67%

    12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, [and] he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

  • Josh 8:30
    67%

    30¶ Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

  • Josh 10:24
    67%

    24And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

  • Josh 10:36
    66%

    36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

  • Josh 10:20
    66%

    20And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest [which] remained of them entered into fenced cities.

  • Josh 3:1
    66%

    1¶ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

  • Gen 34:22
    66%

    22Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.

  • Josh 11:18
    66%

    18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

  • Josh 4:20
    66%

    20¶ And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

  • Josh 4:5
    66%

    5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Josh 10:26
    66%

    26And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

  • Josh 4:15
    66%

    15And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 18:10
    66%

    10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.