Joshua Chapter 5

Joshua Chapter 5
1 Now when all the Kings of the
Amorites, which were beyond 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 before the children of Israel until
they were gone over, their heart fainted:
and there was no courage in them
anymore because of the children of
Israel.
2 That same time the Lord said unto
Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
return, and circumcise the sons of Israel
the second time.
3 Then Joshua made him sharp knives
and circumcised the sons of Israel in the
hill of the foreskins.
4 And this is the cause why Joshua
circumcised all the people, even the
males that came out of Egypt, because
all the men of war were dead in the
wilderness by the way after they came
out of Egypt.
5 For all the people that came out were
circumcised: but all the people that were
born in the wilderness by the way after
they came out of Egypt, were not
circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty
years in the wilderness, till all the
people of the men of war that came out
of Egypt were consumed, because they
obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto
whom the Lord swear, that he would not
show them the land, which the Lord had
sworn unto their fathers, that he would
give us, even a land that floweth with
milk and honey. 7 So their sons whom he
raised up in their stead, Joshua
circumcised: for they were
uncircumcised, because they
circumcised them not by the way. 8 And
when they had made an end of
circumcising all the people, they abode
in the places in the camp till they were
whole.
9 After, the Lord said unto Joshua, This
day I have taken away the shame of
Egypt from you: wherefore he called the
name of that place Gilgal, unto this day.
10 So the children of Israel abode in
Gilgal, and kept the feast of the Passover
the fourteenth day of the month at even in
the plain of Jericho. 11 And they did eat
of the corn of the land, on the morrow
after the Passover, unleavened bread,
and parched corn in the same day.
12 And the manna ceased on the morrow
after they had eaten of the corn of the
land, neither had the children of Israel
manna anymore, but did eat of the fruit of
the land of Canaan that year.
13 And when Joshua was by Jericho, he
lift up his eyes and looked: and behold,
there stood a man against him, having a
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua
went unto him, and said unto him, Art
thou on our side, or on our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay, but as a captain of
the host of the Lord am I now come: then
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 off thy
foot: for the place whereon thou
standest, is holy: and Joshua did so.