Joshua 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Men of Israel Circumcised

Now it happened^H1961 when all^H3605 the kings^H4428 of the Amorites^H567 who^H834 were beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 to the west^H3220, and all^H3605 the kings^H4428 of the Canaanites^H3669 who^H834 were by the sea^H3220, heard^H8085 how^H854^H834 Yahweh^H3068 had dried^H3001 up^H3001 the waters^H4325 of the Jordan^H3383 before^H4480^H6440 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 until^H5704 [fn]they had crossed^H5674, that their hearts^H3824 melted^H4549, and there was no^H3808 spirit^H7307 in them any^H5750 longer^H5750 because^H4480^H6440 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

Jos 5:2

At that time^H6256 Yahweh^H3068 said^H559 to Joshua^H3091, “Make^H6213 for yourself flint^H6864 knives^H2719 and circumcise^H4135 again^H7725 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 the second^H8145 time^H8145.”

Jos 5:3

Jos 5:3So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at [fn]Gibeath-haaraloth.

Jos 5:4

Jos 5:4Now this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way when they came out of Egypt.

Jos 5:5

Jos 5:5For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

Jos 5:6

Jos 5:6For the sons of Israel had walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, were completely destroyed because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh, to whom Yahweh had sworn that He would not let them see the land which Yahweh had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Jos 5:7

Jos 5:7And their sons whom He raised up in their place, Joshua [fn]circumcised; for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them along the way.

Jos 5:8

Now it happened^H1961 that when^H834 they had completed^H8552 circumcising^H4135 all^H3605 the nation^H1471, they remained^H3427 in^H8478 their places^H8478 in the camp^H4264 until^H5704 they were [fn]healed^H2421.

Jos 5:9

Jos 5:9Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called [fn]Gilgal to this day.

Jos 5:10

Then the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 camped^H2583 at Gilgal^H1537 and celebrated^H6213 the Passover^H6453 on the evening^H6153 of the fourteenth^H702^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320 on the desert^H6160 plains^H6160 of Jericho^H3405.

Jos 5:11

Jos 5:11And on the [fn]day after the Passover, on [fn]that very day, they ate some of the yield of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted grain.

Jos 5:12

Jos 5:12Then the manna ceased on the [fn]day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the produce of the land of Canaan during that year.

The Host of Yahweh’s Army

Jos 5:13

Now it happened^H1961 when Joshua^H3091 was by Jericho^H3405, that he lifted^H5375 up^H5375 his eyes^H5869 and looked^H7200, and behold^H2009, a man^H376 was standing^H5975 opposite^H5048 him with his sword^H2719 drawn^H8025 in his hand^H3027, and Joshua^H3091 went^H1980 to him and said^H559 to him, “Are you for us or^H518 for our adversaries^H6862?”

Jos 5:14

Jos 5:14He said, “No! Rather I indeed come now as commander of the host of Yahweh.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and bowed down and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his slave?”

Jos 5:15

Jos 5:15The commander of the host of Yahweh said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.