Josué 5

¹ And it came to pass, when all the kings of theThe Amorites were on both sides of Jordan, of which two kings were slain already on the side toward Moab.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,For now they had left it off, about 40 years.and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

³ And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel atGilgal was so called, because they were there circumcised.the hill of the foreskins.

⁴ And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse 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 hadFor they looked daily to move at the Lord's command, which they who were newly circumcised could not do without great danger.not circumcised.

⁶ For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

⁷ So their sonnes whome he raysed vp in their steade, Ioshua circumcised: for they were vncircumcised, because they circumcised them not 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 theyFor their sore was so grievous, that they were not able to move.were whole.

⁹ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away theBy bringing you into this promised land, contrary to the wicked opinion of the Egyptians or the foreskin by which you were like the Egyptians.reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

¹⁰ So the children of Israel abode in Gilgal, and kept ye feast of the Passeouer the fourteenth day of the moneth at euen in ye plaine of Iericho.

¹¹ And they did eat of the corne of the land, on the morow after the Passeouer, vnleauened breade, and parched corne in the same day.

¹² And the MAN ceased on the morowe after they had eaten of the corne of the land, neither had the children of Israel MAN any more, but did eate of the fruite of the land of Canaan that yeere.

¹³ And when Ioshua was by Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and looked: and behold, there stood a man against him, hauing a sword drawen in his hand: and Ioshua went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou on our side, or on our aduersaries?

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, andIn that Joshua worships him, he acknowledges him to be God: and in that he calls himself the Lord's captain he declares himself to be Christ.did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

¹⁵ And the captaine of ye Lords host said vnto Ioshua, Loose thy shoe of thy foote: for ye place wheron thou standest, is holy: and Ioshua did so.