Joshua 5:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make for yourself sharp knives, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    At that time, the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    At that time{H6256} Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Make{H6213} thee knives{H2719} of flint,{H6697} and circumcise{H4135} again{H7725} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} the second time.{H8145}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    At that time{H6256} the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto Joshua{H3091}, Make{H6213}{(H8798)} thee sharp{H6697} knives{H2719}, and circumcise{H4135}{(H8798)} again{H7725}{(H8798)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} the second time{H8145}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    At the same tyme sayde ye LORDE vnto Iosua: Make the knyues of stone, & circumcyse the children of Israel agayne the seconde tyme.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That same time the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Make thee sharpe kniues, and returne, and circumcise the sonnes of Israel the second time.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That same time the Lorde saide vnto Iosuah: Make thee sharp kniues, and go to agayne and circumcise the children of Israel the seconde time.

  • Authorized 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make you flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, `Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    A New Generation is Circumcised At that time the LORD told Joshua,“Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 4:25 : 25 Then 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 are you to me.
  • Deut 10:16 : 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Gen 17:10-14 : 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 5:3-10
    8 verses
    91%

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

    4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: All the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

    5 Now all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

    6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

    7 And their children, whom He raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

    8 And it came to pass, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.

    9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.

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

  • Josh 5:1
    73%

    1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan before the children of Israel, until we had crossed over, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 10:16
    70%

    16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

  • Jer 4:4
    68%

    4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

  • Gen 17:11
    68%

    11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

  • Josh 4:15
    68%

    15 And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Lev 12:3
    68%

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

  • Deut 30:6
    68%

    6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.

  • Josh 11:10
    68%

    10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor previously was the head of all those kingdoms.

  • Exod 17:13
    68%

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

  • Josh 4:1
    68%

    1 And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 5:13
    67%

    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 opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us or for our adversaries?

  • Exod 4:25
    67%

    25 Then 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 are you to me.

  • Josh 20:1
    67%

    1 The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Jer 9:25-26
    2 verses
    67%

    25 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

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

  • Josh 9:27
    67%

    27 And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.

  • Josh 23:1
    66%

    1 And it happened a long time after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, that Joshua grew old and advanced in age.

  • Josh 6:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valor.

    3 And you shall surround the city, all you men of war, and go around the city once. You shall do this for six days.

  • Josh 8:24
    66%

    24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they chased them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 4:5
    66%

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

  • John 7:22
    66%

    22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

  • Gen 34:22
    66%

    22 Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

  • Deut 3:21
    66%

    21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so shall the LORD do to all the kingdoms through which you pass.

  • Josh 6:7
    66%

    7 And he said to the people, Proceed, and surround the city, and let him who is armed go on before the ark of the LORD.

  • Josh 11:12
    65%

    12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Josh 14:5
    65%

    5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

  • Gen 17:23
    65%

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

  • Josh 10:20
    65%

    20 And it happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the rest who remained entered into fortified cities.

  • Josh 10:38
    65%

    38 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it.

  • Josh 1:10
    65%

    10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • Josh 4:8
    65%

    8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.