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Joshua 5:1-3
New International Reader's Version
Joshua 5:1-3
New International Reader's Version
5 All the Amorite and Canaanite kings heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River. They heard how he had dried it up for the Israelites until they had gone across it. The Amorite kings lived west of the Jordan. The kings of Canaan lived along the Mediterranean Sea. When all those kings heard what the Lord had done, they were terrified. They weren’t brave enough to face the Israelites anymore.
Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal
2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives out of flint. Use them to circumcise the men of Israel.” 3 So Joshua made knives out of flint. Then he used them to circumcise the men of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth.
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