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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.
02 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make
thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the
children of Israel the second time.
03 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of
the foreskins.
04 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
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
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08 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.
09 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.
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