[1] When all the kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan to the
west, and all the kings of the Canaanites that 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 heart melted, and there was no longer
any spirit in them, because of the people of Israel. [2] At that time the
LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel
again the second time." [3] So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised
the people of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. [4] 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 on the way in the wilderness after they had
come out of Egypt. [5] Though all the people who came out had been
circumcised, yet all the people that were born on the way in the wilderness
after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. [6] For the
people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation,
the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, perished, because they did not
hearken to the voice of the LORD; to them the LORD swore that he would not
let them see the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give us,
a land flowing with milk and honey. [7] So it was their children, whom he
raised up in their stead, that Joshua circumcised; for they were
uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. [8] When
the circumcising of all the nation was done, they remained in their places
in the camp till they were healed. [9] And the LORD said to Joshua, "This
day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of
that place is called Gilgal to this day. [10] While the people of Israel
were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the
month at evening in the plains of Jericho. [11] And on the morrow after the
passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened
cakes and parched grain. [12] And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they
ate of the produce of the land; and the people of Israel had manna no more,
but ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. [13] When Joshua was
by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood
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?" [14] And he said,
"No; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua
fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, "What does
my lord bid his servant?" [15] And the commander of the LORD's army said to
Joshua, "Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand
is holy." And Joshua did so.
