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The sons of them came afterward into the place of [the] fathers, and they were circumcised of Joshua; which, as they were born, were in prepuce, neither any man had circumcised them in the way. (Their sons came afterward into the place of their fathers, and they were the ones whom Joshua circumcised; for they all had foreskins, as when they were born, for no one had circumcised them on the way.)

And after that they all were circumcised, they dwelled in the same place of their tents, till they were healed.

And the Lord said to Joshua, Today I have taken away from you the shame of Egypt. And (so) the name of the place was called Gilgal[a], unto this present day.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 “Gilgal” sounds like the Hebrew for “removed” or “taken away” (Good News Bible).