Joshua - 5

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 - .

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

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

4 - And 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 - .

5 - Now 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.

6 - For the children of Israel - walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt - , were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

7 - And 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.

8 - And 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.

9 - And 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 - .

11 - And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

12 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel - manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan - that year.

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?

14 - And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua - fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

15 - And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua - , Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua - did so.