As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the
Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by
the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan
for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts
melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the
people of Israel.
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and
circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” So Joshua made flint
knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. And
this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of
the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in
the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though
all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the
people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had
come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of
Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation,
the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did
not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he
would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their
fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it
was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua
circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been
circumcised on the way.
When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they
remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And
the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of
Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to
this day.
While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the
plains of Jericho. And the day after the Passover, on that very
day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and
parched grain. And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the
produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people
of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that
year.
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and
behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his
hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or
for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of
the army of the LORD. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face
to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say
to his servant?” And the commander of the LORD's army said to
Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where
you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
